diff --git a/.waf-tools/pch.py b/.waf-tools/pch.py
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+#! /usr/bin/env python
+# encoding: utf-8
+
+from waflib import Logs, Utils, Task, TaskGen
+from waflib.Tools import c_preproc
+
+def options(opt):
+    opt.add_option('--with-pch', action='store_true', default=False, dest='with_pch',
+                   help='''Try to use precompiled header to speed up compilation '''
+                        '''(only gcc and clang)''')
+
+def configure(conf):
+    conf.env['WITH_PCH'] = conf.options.with_pch
+
+
+@TaskGen.feature('cxx')
+@TaskGen.before('process_source')
+def process_pch(self):
+    if getattr(self, 'pch', ''):
+        # for now support only gcc-compatible things
+        if self.env['COMPILER_CXX'] == 'g++':
+            nodes = self.to_nodes(self.pch, path=self.path)
+            for x in nodes:
+                z = self.create_task('gchx', x, x.change_ext('.hpp.gch'))
+                z.orig_self = self
+
+class gchx(Task.Task):
+    run_str = '${CXX} -x c++-header ${CXXFLAGS} ${FRAMEWORKPATH_ST:FRAMEWORKPATH} ' + \
+                '${CPPPATH_ST:INCPATHS} ${DEFINES_ST:DEFINES} ' + \
+                '${CXX_SRC_F}${SRC} ${CXX_TGT_F}${TGT}'
+    scan    = c_preproc.scan
+    ext_out = ['.hpp']
+    color   = 'BLUE'
+
+    def post_run(self):
+        super(gchx, self).post_run()
+        self.orig_self.env['CXXFLAGS'] = ['-include', self.inputs[0].relpath()] + \
+                                         self.env['CXXFLAGS']