diff --git a/modules/compiler/cookie/{{cookiecutter.target_name}}/source/info.cpp b/modules/compiler/cookie/{{cookiecutter.target_name}}/source/info.cpp
index 00d0065c1..4b6a8d784 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/cookie/{{cookiecutter.target_name}}/source/info.cpp
+++ b/modules/compiler/cookie/{{cookiecutter.target_name}}/source/info.cpp
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ namespace {{cookiecutter.target_name}} {
   device_info = mux_device_info;
   vectorizable = true;
   dma_optimizable = true;
-  supports_deferred_compilation = false;
   scalable_vector_support = {{cookiecutter.scalable_vector}};
   kernel_debug = true;
 
diff --git a/modules/compiler/include/compiler/info.h b/modules/compiler/include/compiler/info.h
index 1a1ced723..36a7468df 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/include/compiler/info.h
+++ b/modules/compiler/include/compiler/info.h
@@ -56,10 +56,6 @@ struct Info {
   /// @brief Mux device info that this compiler will target. Must not be
   /// `nullptr`.
   mux_device_info_t device_info = nullptr;
-  /// @brief Is `true` if the compiler supports deferred compilation (i.e.
-  /// compiler::Module::getKernel() and the compiler::Kernel class are
-  /// implemented), `false` otherwise.
-  bool supports_deferred_compilation = false;
   /// @brief A semicolon-separated, null-terminated list with static lifetime
   /// duration, of this Mux device's custom compile options.
   ///
@@ -131,6 +127,11 @@ struct Info {
 
     return caps;
   }
+
+  /// @brief Returns `true` if the compiler supports deferred compilation (i.e.
+  /// compiler::Module::getKernel() and the compiler::Kernel class are
+  /// implemented), `false` otherwise.
+  virtual bool supports_deferred_compilation() const { return false; }
 };
 
 /// @brief A functor which is called when a target wants to expose a compiler.
diff --git a/modules/compiler/riscv/source/info.cpp b/modules/compiler/riscv/source/info.cpp
index 84b5e4bd4..aa18110b1 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/riscv/source/info.cpp
+++ b/modules/compiler/riscv/source/info.cpp
@@ -39,7 +39,6 @@ RiscvInfo::RiscvInfo(mux_device_info_t mux_device_info,
 
   vectorizable = false;
   dma_optimizable = true;
-  supports_deferred_compilation = false;
   kernel_debug = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/modules/compiler/targets/host/include/host/info.h b/modules/compiler/targets/host/include/host/info.h
index 0d9df3c4c..30b892d83 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/targets/host/include/host/info.h
+++ b/modules/compiler/targets/host/include/host/info.h
@@ -66,6 +66,12 @@ struct HostInfo : compiler::Info {
 
   /// @brief Bitfield of all `host::arch`'s being targeted.
   static uint8_t arches;
+
+  bool supports_deferred_compilation() const override;
+
+ private:
+  bool deferred_compilation_enabled;
+  mutable const char *deferred_compilation_warning;
 };
 
 }  // namespace host
diff --git a/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/info.cpp b/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/info.cpp
index 59c5d9801..f51b88735 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/info.cpp
+++ b/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/info.cpp
@@ -68,13 +68,24 @@ HostInfo::HostInfo(host::arch arch, host::os os,
   // If we're instantiating a compiler for the current system, then we know it
   // supports runtime compilation, otherwise it's a cross compiler.
   device_info = host_device_info;
-  supports_deferred_compilation = host_device_info->native;
+  deferred_compilation_enabled = host_device_info->native;
+  deferred_compilation_warning = nullptr;
 
   // JIT compilation is not yet supported on RISC-V
   if (arch == host::arch::RISCV32 || arch == host::arch::RISCV64) {
-    supports_deferred_compilation = false;
+    deferred_compilation_enabled = false;
   }
 
+#if !defined(NDEBUG) || defined(CA_ENABLE_DEBUG_SUPPORT)
+  if (deferred_compilation_enabled) {
+    if (std::getenv("CA_HOST_DUMP_ASM")) {
+      deferred_compilation_warning =
+          "CA_HOST_DUMP_ASM requires non-deferred compilation";
+      deferred_compilation_enabled = false;
+    }
+  }
+#endif
+
   // If the user wants to override, let them. This may be useful for testing the
   // non-deferred-compilation support, or may be useful for testing future LLVM
   // improvements that may provide RISC-V JIT support.
@@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ HostInfo::HostInfo(host::arch arch, host::os os,
     char *end;
     const long val = std::strtol(env, &end, 10);
     if (*env != '\0' && (val == 0 || val == 1) && *end == '\0') {
-      supports_deferred_compilation = val;
+      deferred_compilation_enabled = val;
     }
   }
 #endif
@@ -105,6 +116,17 @@ HostInfo::HostInfo(host::arch arch, host::os os,
 #endif
 }
 
+bool HostInfo::supports_deferred_compilation() const {
+  const bool enabled = deferred_compilation_enabled;
+  if (auto *warning = deferred_compilation_warning) {
+    (void)fprintf(stderr, "warning: %s. %s\n", warning,
+                  enabled ? "Deferred compilation forced enabled."
+                          : "Deferred compilation disabled.");
+    deferred_compilation_warning = nullptr;
+  }
+  return enabled;
+}
+
 std::unique_ptr<compiler::Target> HostInfo::createTarget(
     compiler::Context *context, compiler::NotifyCallbackFn callback) const {
   if (!context) {
diff --git a/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/target.cpp b/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/target.cpp
index 8c6064ef3..8f8783fa1 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/target.cpp
+++ b/modules/compiler/targets/host/source/target.cpp
@@ -416,7 +416,7 @@ compiler::Result HostTarget::initWithBuiltins(
     Features = std::move(NativeFeatures);
   }
 
-  if (compiler_info->supports_deferred_compilation) {
+  if (compiler_info->supports_deferred_compilation()) {
     llvm::orc::JITTargetMachineBuilder TMBuilder(triple);
     TMBuilder.setCPU(CPU);
     TMBuilder.setCodeGenOptLevel(multi_llvm::CodeGenOptLevel::Aggressive);
diff --git a/modules/compiler/test/common.h b/modules/compiler/test/common.h
index 34a272f53..4319df6fd 100644
--- a/modules/compiler/test/common.h
+++ b/modules/compiler/test/common.h
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ static inline std::string printDeviceName(
 static inline std::vector<const compiler::Info *> deferrableCompilers() {
   std::vector<const compiler::Info *> deferrable_compilers;
   for (const compiler::Info *compiler : compiler::compilers()) {
-    if (compiler->supports_deferred_compilation) {
+    if (compiler->supports_deferred_compilation()) {
       deferrable_compilers.emplace_back(compiler);
     }
   }
diff --git a/source/cl/source/program.cpp b/source/cl/source/program.cpp
index fa72ac3c8..966837ff7 100644
--- a/source/cl/source/program.cpp
+++ b/source/cl/source/program.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ bool cl::device_program::finalize(cl_device_id device) {
 
     // If the compiler does not support deferred compilation, we get the final
     // binary from the module and initialize a mux_kernel_cache.
-    if (!device->compiler_info->supports_deferred_compilation) {
+    if (!device->compiler_info->supports_deferred_compilation()) {
       // Get the Mux binary.
       auto binary_result = compiler_module.getOrCreateMuxBinary();
       if (!binary_result) {
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ cl::device_program::createKernel(cl_device_id device,
     } break;
 
     case cl::device_program_type::COMPILER_MODULE: {
-      if (device->compiler_info->supports_deferred_compilation) {
+      if (device->compiler_info->supports_deferred_compilation()) {
         compiler::Kernel *deferred_kernel =
             compiler_module.module->getKernel(kernel_name);
         if (!deferred_kernel) {