diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index bfd2cdc..5607da0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.6)
 project (SQLiteCpp)
 
+# Enable the use of SQLite column metadata and Column::getName() method,
+# Require that the sqlite3 library is also compiled with this flag.
+option (SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA 
+        "Enable Column::getName(). Require support from sqlite3 library." OFF)
+if (SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA) 
+  add_definitions(-DSQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA)
+endif()   
+
 if (MSVC)
   # build the SQLite3 C library for Windows (for ease of use)
   add_subdirectory (sqlite3) 
diff --git a/src/Column.h b/src/Column.h
index 7267928..8b1e505 100644
--- a/src/Column.h
+++ b/src/Column.h
@@ -10,14 +10,6 @@
  */
 #pragma once
 
-/**
- * @brief Enable APIs that provide convenient access to meta-data about tables and queries.
- *
- * @see #getName()
- *
- * @warning Requires this SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA preprocessor macro to be also defined at compile times of the SQLite library.
- */
-#define SQLITE_ENABLE_COLUMN_METADATA
 #include <sqlite3.h>
 
 #include "Exception.h"