diff --git a/cmake/prep/options.cmake b/cmake/prep/options.cmake
index 7a8d728ba..90f748eb8 100644
--- a/cmake/prep/options.cmake
+++ b/cmake/prep/options.cmake
@@ -6,6 +6,10 @@ option(SUNSHINE_REQUIRE_TRAY "Require system tray icon. Fail the build if tray r
 
 option(SUNSHINE_SYSTEM_WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS "Use system installation of wayland-protocols rather than the submodule." OFF)
 
+option(CUDA_INHERIT_COMPILE_OPTIONS
+        "When building CUDA code, inherit compile options from the the main project. You may want to disable this if
+        your IDE throws errors about unknown flags after running cmake." ON)
+
 if(APPLE)
     option(SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_PORTFILE
             "Configure macOS Portfile. Recommended to use with SUNSHINE_CONFIGURE_ONLY" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/targets/common.cmake b/cmake/targets/common.cmake
index cb5fe4e67..3dd629e0c 100644
--- a/cmake/targets/common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/targets/common.cmake
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ set_target_properties(sunshine PROPERTIES CXX_STANDARD 17
         VERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION}
         SOVERSION ${PROJECT_VERSION_MAJOR})
 
-foreach(flag IN LISTS SUNSHINE_COMPILE_OPTIONS)
-    list(APPEND SUNSHINE_COMPILE_OPTIONS_CUDA "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--compiler-options=${flag}>")
-endforeach()
+# CLion complains about unknown flags after running cmake, and cannot add symbols to the index for cuda files
+if(CUDA_INHERIT_COMPILE_OPTIONS)
+    foreach(flag IN LISTS SUNSHINE_COMPILE_OPTIONS)
+        list(APPEND SUNSHINE_COMPILE_OPTIONS_CUDA "$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:--compiler-options=${flag}>")
+    endforeach()
+endif()
 
 target_compile_options(sunshine PRIVATE $<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CXX>:${SUNSHINE_COMPILE_OPTIONS}>;$<$<COMPILE_LANGUAGE:CUDA>:${SUNSHINE_COMPILE_OPTIONS_CUDA};-std=c++17>)  # cmake-lint: disable=C0301