diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1ed68605e..a3b11382e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ option(IMHEX_USE_GTK_FILE_PICKER "Use GTK file picker instead of xdg-desktop-por
 option(IMHEX_DISABLE_STACKTRACE "Disables support for printing stack traces" OFF)
 option(IMHEX_ENABLE_LTO "Enables Link Time Optimizations if possible" OFF)
 option(IMHEX_USE_DEFAULT_BUILD_SETTINGS "Use default build settings" OFF)
+option(IMHEX_STRICT_WARNINGS "Enable most available warnings and treat them as errors" ON)
 
 # Basic compiler and cmake configurations
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 23)
diff --git a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
index ae0d679de..da8ada024 100644
--- a/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build_helpers.cmake
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ function(verifyCompiler)
 
     if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "12.0.0")
         message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex requires GCC 12.0.0 or newer. Please use the latest GCC version.")
-    elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "14.0.0")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex requires Clang 14.0.0 or newer. Please use the latest Clang version.")
+    elseif (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_VERSION VERSION_LESS "17.0.0")
+        message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex requires Clang 17.0.0 or newer. Please use the latest Clang version.")
     elseif (NOT (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU" OR CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang"))
         message(FATAL_ERROR "ImHex can only be compiled with GCC or Clang. ${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} is not supported.")
     endif()
@@ -428,7 +428,10 @@ endfunction()
 
 macro(setupCompilerFlags target)
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU|Clang")
-        set(IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror")
+        if (IMHEX_STRICT_WARNINGS)
+            set(IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS "-Wall -Wextra -Wpedantic -Werror")
+        endif()
+
         set(IMHEX_C_FLAGS "${IMHEX_COMMON_FLAGS} -Wno-array-bounds")
         set(IMHEX_CXX_FLAGS "-fexceptions -frtti")
         if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "GNU")
diff --git a/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt b/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
index dc5732245..0e758da5a 100644
--- a/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lib/external/yara/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -114,7 +114,9 @@ target_compile_definitions(libyara PRIVATE
         HASH_MODULE DOTNET_MODULE MAGIC_MODULE MACHO_MODULE DEX_MODULE
 )
 
-target_compile_options(libyara PRIVATE -Wno-shift-count-overflow -Wno-stringop-overflow)
+if (CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
+    target_compile_options(libyara PRIVATE -Wno-shift-count-overflow -Wno-stringop-overflow)
+endif ()
 
 target_include_directories(
         libyara