diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce9b97de0..4f1bcdabb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ endif()
 set(BOOST_COMPONENTS filesystem regex system)
 
 if(BOOST_USE_SIGNALS2)
-  add_definitions("-DBOOST_SIGNALS2")
+  set(RIME_BOOST_SIGNALS2 1)
 else()
   set(BOOST_COMPONENTS ${BOOST_COMPONENTS} signals)
 endif()
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ if(ENABLE_LOGGING)
     add_definitions(-DGOOGLE_GLOG_DLL_DECL=)
   endif()
 
-  add_definitions(-DRIME_ENABLE_LOGGING)
+  set(RIME_ENABLE_LOGGING 1)
 
 endif()
 
@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ else()
   message(WARNING "X11/keysym.h not found.")
 endif()
 
+configure_file(
+  "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/rime/build_config.h.in"
+  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src/rime/build_config.h")
+
+include_directories(${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/src)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
 include_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/include)
 link_directories(${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/thirdparty/lib)
diff --git a/src/rime/build_config.h.in b/src/rime/build_config.h.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ebd16527e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/rime/build_config.h.in
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+//
+// Copyright RIME Developers
+// Distributed under the BSD License
+//
+#ifndef RIME_BUILD_CONFIG_H_
+#define RIME_BUILD_CONFIG_H_
+
+#cmakedefine RIME_BOOST_SIGNALS2
+#cmakedefine RIME_ENABLE_LOGGING
+
+#endif  // RIME_BUILD_CONFIG_H_
diff --git a/src/rime/common.h b/src/rime/common.h
index e2b91c1b6..cf6c3e96c 100644
--- a/src/rime/common.h
+++ b/src/rime/common.h
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #ifndef RIME_COMMON_H_
 #define RIME_COMMON_H_
 
+#include <rime/build_config.h>
+
 #include <functional>
 #include <list>
 #include <map>
@@ -20,7 +22,7 @@
 #include <vector>
 #include <boost/optional.hpp>
 #define BOOST_BIND_NO_PLACEHOLDERS
-#ifdef BOOST_SIGNALS2
+#ifdef RIME_BOOST_SIGNALS2
 #include <boost/signals2/connection.hpp>
 #include <boost/signals2/signal.hpp>
 #else
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ inline an<T> New(Args&&... args) {
   return std::make_shared<T>(std::forward<Args>(args)...);
 }
 
-#ifdef BOOST_SIGNALS2
+#ifdef RIME_BOOST_SIGNALS2
 using boost::signals2::connection;
 using boost::signals2::signal;
 #else
diff --git a/src/rime/lever/deployment_tasks.cc b/src/rime/lever/deployment_tasks.cc
index eea663edc..e40bc6df6 100644
--- a/src/rime/lever/deployment_tasks.cc
+++ b/src/rime/lever/deployment_tasks.cc
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@
 //
 // 2011-12-10 GONG Chen <chen.sst@gmail.com>
 //
+
+#include <rime/build_config.h>
+
 #include <algorithm>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
 #include <boost/filesystem.hpp>
diff --git a/src/rime/setup.cc b/src/rime/setup.cc
index bb65a9f1b..9a3c7eca3 100644
--- a/src/rime/setup.cc
+++ b/src/rime/setup.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 // 2011-10-02 GONG Chen <chen.sst@gmail.com>
 //
 
+#include <rime/build_config.h>
+
 #ifdef RIME_ENABLE_LOGGING
 #include <glog/logging.h>
 #endif  // RIME_ENABLE_LOGGING