diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 244019313..973907819 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ set(GGML_FATAL_WARNINGS     ${LLAMA_FATAL_WARNINGS})
 
 # change the default for these ggml options
 if (NOT DEFINED GGML_LLAMAFILE)
-    set(GGML_LLAMAFILE ON)
+    set(GGML_LLAMAFILE_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 
-if (NOT DEFINED GGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS)
-    set(GGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS ON)
+if (NOT DEFINED GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS)
+    set(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 
 # transition helpers
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index cb5ff9f9d..f922f7083 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ ifdef GGML_CUDA
 			CUDA_PATH ?= /usr/local/cuda
 		endif
 
-		MK_CPPFLAGS  += -DGGML_USE_CUDA -I$(CUDA_PATH)/include -I$(CUDA_PATH)/targets/$(UNAME_M)-linux/include -DGGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS
+		MK_CPPFLAGS  += -DGGML_USE_CUDA -DGGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS -I$(CUDA_PATH)/include -I$(CUDA_PATH)/targets/$(UNAME_M)-linux/include
 		MK_LDFLAGS   += -lcuda -lcublas -lculibos -lcudart -lcublasLt -lpthread -ldl -lrt -L$(CUDA_PATH)/lib64 -L/usr/lib64 -L$(CUDA_PATH)/targets/$(UNAME_M)-linux/lib -L$(CUDA_PATH)/lib64/stubs -L/usr/lib/wsl/lib
 		MK_NVCCFLAGS += -use_fast_math
 	endif # GGML_MUSA
diff --git a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
index 532534bcb..89fdf9d1c 100644
--- a/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -56,6 +56,15 @@ else()
     set(GGML_NATIVE_DEFAULT ON)
 endif()
 
+# defaults
+if (NOT GGML_LLAMAFILE_DEFAULT)
+    set(GGML_LLAMAFILE_DEFAULT OFF)
+endif()
+
+if (NOT GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT)
+    set(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT OFF)
+endif()
+
 # general
 option(GGML_STATIC "ggml: static link libraries"         OFF)
 option(GGML_NATIVE "ggml: enable -march=native flag"     ${GGML_NATIVE_DEFAULT})
@@ -110,7 +119,7 @@ option(GGML_ACCELERATE                      "ggml: enable Accelerate framework"
 option(GGML_BLAS                            "ggml: use BLAS"                                  ${GGML_BLAS_DEFAULT})
 set(GGML_BLAS_VENDOR ${GGML_BLAS_VENDOR_DEFAULT} CACHE STRING
                                             "ggml: BLAS library vendor")
-option(GGML_LLAMAFILE                       "ggml: use LLAMAFILE"                             OFF)
+option(GGML_LLAMAFILE                       "ggml: use LLAMAFILE"                             ${GGML_LLAMAFILE_DEFAULT})
 
 option(GGML_CUDA                            "ggml: use CUDA"                                  OFF)
 option(GGML_MUSA                            "ggml: use MUSA"                                  OFF)
@@ -127,7 +136,7 @@ set   (GGML_CUDA_PEER_MAX_BATCH_SIZE "128" CACHE STRING
 option(GGML_CUDA_NO_PEER_COPY               "ggml: do not use peer to peer copies"            OFF)
 option(GGML_CUDA_NO_VMM                     "ggml: do not try to use CUDA VMM"                OFF)
 option(GGML_CUDA_FA_ALL_QUANTS              "ggml: compile all quants for FlashAttention"     OFF)
-option(GGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS                 "ggml: use CUDA graphs (llama.cpp only)"          OFF)
+option(GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS                     "ggml: use CUDA graphs (llama.cpp only)"          ${GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS_DEFAULT})
 
 option(GGML_HIPBLAS                         "ggml: use hipBLAS"                               OFF)
 option(GGML_HIP_UMA                         "ggml: use HIP unified memory architecture"       OFF)
diff --git a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 11b877e19..042ea9b77 100644
--- a/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ggml/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -329,7 +329,7 @@ if (GGML_CUDA)
         add_compile_definitions(K_QUANTS_PER_ITERATION=${GGML_CUDA_KQUANTS_ITER})
         add_compile_definitions(GGML_CUDA_PEER_MAX_BATCH_SIZE=${GGML_CUDA_PEER_MAX_BATCH_SIZE})
 
-        if (GGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS)
+        if (GGML_CUDA_GRAPHS)
             add_compile_definitions(GGML_CUDA_USE_GRAPHS)
         endif()