diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cd00be1c23..4b3fd47061 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1760,6 +1760,7 @@ libgit = declare_dependency(
       c_args: libgit_c_args + [
         '-DGIT_VERSION_H="' + version_def_h.full_path() + '"',
       ],
+      c_pch: [ 'tools/precompiled.h' ],
       dependencies: libgit_dependencies,
       include_directories: libgit_include_directories,
     ),
@@ -1820,6 +1821,7 @@ test_dependencies = [ ]
 
 git_builtin = executable('git',
   sources: builtin_sources + 'git.c',
+  c_pch: [ 'tools/precompiled.h' ],
   dependencies: [libgit_commonmain],
   install: true,
   install_dir: git_exec_path,
diff --git a/tools/precompiled.h b/tools/precompiled.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b2bec0d2b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/precompiled.h
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+#include "git-compat-util.h"