diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6f6a84d..660b755 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -528,6 +528,10 @@
 install(DIRECTORY profiling/client/include/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}/armnn/profiling/client/include)
 
 if(ARMCOMPUTENEON OR ARMCOMPUTECL OR ARMCOMPUTEGPUFSA)
+    if (BUILD_ACL_OPENMP)
+        target_link_libraries(armnn PUBLIC -fopenmp -static-openmp )
+        target_compile_options(armnn PUBLIC -fopenmp)
+    endif()
     target_link_libraries(armnn PUBLIC ${ARMCOMPUTE_LIBRARIES})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/cmake/GlobalConfig.cmake b/cmake/GlobalConfig.cmake
index b37417c..feeaef1 100644
--- a/cmake/GlobalConfig.cmake
+++ b/cmake/GlobalConfig.cmake
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@
 option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Determines if Armnn will be built statically or dynamically.
                           This is an experimental feature and not fully supported.
                           Only the ArmNN core and the Delegate can be built statically." ON)
+option(BUILD_ACL_OPENMP "If enabled statically link the OpenMP scheduler for ACL.
+                        Note: ACL must already be built with openmp=1 cppthreads=0" OFF)
 option(EXECUTE_NETWORK_STATIC " This is a limited experimental build that is entirely static.
                                 It currently only supports being set by changing the current CMake default options like so:
                                 BUILD_TF_LITE_PARSER=1/0