diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 226ef108..7feeddd9 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,9 @@ list (APPEND opm-core_INCLUDE_DIRS "${opm-core_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 set (opm-core_MODULE_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/Modules")
 list (APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${opm-core_MODULE_DIR})
 
+# use tricks to do faster builds
+include (UseFastBuilds)
+
 # macro to set standard variables (INCLUDE_DIRS, LIBRARIES etc.)
 include (OpmFind)
 
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/UseFastBuilds.cmake b/cmake/Modules/UseFastBuilds.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cd954a93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmake/Modules/UseFastBuilds.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# - Try to build faster depending on the compiler
+
+# faster builds by using a pipe instead of temp files
+include (AddOptions)
+if (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+	add_options (ALL_LANGUAGES ALL_BUILDS "-pipe")
+endif (CMAKE_COMPILER_IS_GNUCXX)
+