diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ad14baef8f..fe3b6074f9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -142,12 +142,14 @@ if(${ENABLE_LTO})
     set(CMAKE_INTERPROCEDURAL_OPTIMIZATION TRUE)
 endif()
 
+option(AUTO_UPDATE_GRAMMAR "Automatically regenerate C++ grammar files on change." TRUE)
 option(BUILD_BENCHMARK "Build benchmarks." FALSE)
 option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples." FALSE)
 option(BUILD_JAVA "Build Java API." FALSE)
 option(BUILD_NODEJS "Build NodeJS API." FALSE)
 option(BUILD_PYTHON "Build Python API." FALSE)
 option(BUILD_SHELL "Build Interactive Shell" TRUE)
+option(BUILD_SINGLE_FILE_HEADER "Build single file header. Requires Python >= 3.9." TRUE)
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build C++ tests." FALSE)
 
 option(BUILD_LCOV "Build coverage report." FALSE)
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 98ca3e14fa..285430a333 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,16 +41,18 @@ endif()
 
 install(TARGETS kuzu kuzu_shared)
 
-# Create a command to generate kuzu.hpp, and then create a target that is
-# always built that depends on it. This allows our generator to detect when
-# exactly to build kuzu.hpp, while still building the target by default.
-find_package(Python3 3.9...4 REQUIRED)
-add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT kuzu.hpp
-        COMMAND
-                ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/collect-single-file-header.py
-        DEPENDS
-                ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/collect-single-file-header.py kuzu_shared)
-add_custom_target(single_file_header ALL DEPENDS kuzu.hpp)
+if(${BUILD_SINGLE_FILE_HEADER})
+        # Create a command to generate kuzu.hpp, and then create a target that is
+        # always built that depends on it. This allows our generator to detect when
+        # exactly to build kuzu.hpp, while still building the target by default.
+        find_package(Python3 3.9...4 REQUIRED)
+        add_custom_command(
+                OUTPUT kuzu.hpp
+                COMMAND
+                        ${Python3_EXECUTABLE} ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/collect-single-file-header.py
+                DEPENDS
+                        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/collect-single-file-header.py kuzu_shared)
+        add_custom_target(single_file_header ALL DEPENDS kuzu.hpp)
+endif()
 
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/kuzu.hpp ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/c_api/kuzu.h TYPE INCLUDE)
diff --git a/third_party/antlr4_cypher/CMakeLists.txt b/third_party/antlr4_cypher/CMakeLists.txt
index f893c87eb6..2c8b639231 100644
--- a/third_party/antlr4_cypher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/third_party/antlr4_cypher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
-add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT
-                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cypher_lexer.cpp
-                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cypher_parser.cpp
-                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cypher_lexer.h
-                ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cypher_parser.h
-        COMMAND cmake -D ROOT_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -P generate_grammar.cmake
-        DEPENDS
-                ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/antlr4/Cypher.g4
-                ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/antlr4/generate_grammar.cmake
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/antlr4)
+if(${AUTO_UPDATE_GRAMMAR})
+        add_custom_command(
+                OUTPUT
+                        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cypher_lexer.cpp
+                        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cypher_parser.cpp
+                        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cypher_lexer.h
+                        ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/cypher_parser.h
+                COMMAND cmake -D ROOT_DIR=${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR} -P generate_grammar.cmake
+                DEPENDS
+                        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/antlr4/Cypher.g4
+                        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/antlr4/generate_grammar.cmake
+                WORKING_DIRECTORY ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/scripts/antlr4)
+endif()
 
 add_library(antlr4_cypher
         STATIC
diff --git a/tools/rust_api/build.rs b/tools/rust_api/build.rs
index 0e9b30614e..bdc48afe9d 100644
--- a/tools/rust_api/build.rs
+++ b/tools/rust_api/build.rs
@@ -96,7 +96,11 @@ fn build_bundled_cmake() -> Result<Vec<PathBuf>, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     };
 
     let mut build = cmake::Config::new(&kuzu_root);
-    build.no_build_target(true).define("BUILD_SHELL", "OFF");
+    build
+        .no_build_target(true)
+        .define("BUILD_SHELL", "OFF")
+        .define("BUILD_SINGLE_FILE_HEADER", "OFF")
+        .define("AUTO_UPDATE_GRAMMAR", "OFF");
     if cfg!(windows) {
         build.generator("Ninja");
         build.cxxflag("/EHsc");