diff --git a/includes/rtm/config.h b/includes/rtm/config.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcf2aef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/rtm/config.h
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#pragma once
+
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// The MIT License (MIT)
+//
+// Copyright (c) 2025 Nicholas Frechette & Realtime Math contributors
+//
+// Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+// of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+// in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+// to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+// copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+// furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+//
+// The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all
+// copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+//
+// THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+// IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+// FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+// AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+// LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+// OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE
+// SOFTWARE.
+////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// This file gathers all defines that can be used to control RTM's behavior
+// along with context.
+
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// This library uses a simple system to handle asserts. Asserts are fatal and must terminate
+// otherwise the behavior is undefined if execution continues.
+//
+// A total of 4 behaviors are supported:
+//    - We can print to stderr and abort
+//    - We can throw and exception
+//    - We can call a custom function
+//    - Do nothing and strip the check at compile time (default behavior)
+//
+// Aborting:
+//    In order to enable the aborting behavior, simply define the macro RTM_ON_ASSERT_ABORT:
+//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_ABORT
+//
+// Throwing:
+//    In order to enable the throwing behavior, simply define the macro RTM_ON_ASSERT_THROW:
+//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_THROW
+//    Note that the type of the exception thrown is rtm::runtime_assert.
+//
+// Custom function:
+//    In order to enable the custom function calling behavior, define the macro RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM
+//    with the name of the function to call:
+//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM on_custom_assert_impl
+//    Note that the function signature is as follow:
+//    void on_custom_assert_impl(const char* expression, int line, const char* file, const char* format, ...) {}
+//
+//    You can also define your own assert implementation by defining the RTM_ASSERT macro as well:
+//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM
+//    #define RTM_ASSERT(expression, format, ...) checkf(expression, ANSI_TO_TCHAR(format), #__VA_ARGS__)
+//
+//    [Custom String Format Specifier]
+//    Note that if you use a custom function, you may need to override the RTM_ASSERT_STRING_FORMAT_SPECIFIER
+//    to properly handle ANSI/Unicode support. The C++11 standard does not support a way to say that '%s'
+//    always means an ANSI string (with 'const char*' as type). MSVC does support '%hs' but other compilers
+//    do not.
+//
+// No checks:
+//    By default if no macro mentioned above is defined, all asserts will be stripped
+//    at compile time.
+//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+// You can uncomment one of these or specify it on the compilation command line
+//#define RTM_ON_ASSERT_ABORT
+//#define RTM_ON_ASSERT_THROW
+//#define RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM(expression, line, file, format, ...) (void)expression
+
+// See [Custom String Format Specifier] for details
+#if !defined(RTM_ASSERT_STRING_FORMAT_SPECIFIER)
+	#define RTM_ASSERT_STRING_FORMAT_SPECIFIER "%s"
+#endif
+
+// You can disable deprecation warnings by defining RTM_NO_DEPRECATION
+//#define RTM_NO_DEPRECATION
+
+// By default, RTM uses the intrinsics of the target platform as specified on the
+// compiler command line. You can disable SIMD intrinsic usage by defining RTM_NO_INTRINSICS
+//#define RTM_NO_INTRINSICS
+
+// If you use C++20 or greater, you can disable std::bit_cast usage by defining RTM_NO_BIT_CAST
+// This is sometimes necessary if you compile with a modern compiler but use an older stdlib
+// that does not contain the bit_cast header
+//#define RTM_NO_BIT_CAST
diff --git a/includes/rtm/impl/bit_cast.impl.h b/includes/rtm/impl/bit_cast.impl.h
index ac159a0..2980fcf 100644
--- a/includes/rtm/impl/bit_cast.impl.h
+++ b/includes/rtm/impl/bit_cast.impl.h
@@ -24,11 +24,13 @@
 // SOFTWARE.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include "rtm/config.h"
 #include "rtm/version.h"
 #include "rtm/impl/compiler_utils.h"
 #include "rtm/impl/detect_cpp_version.h"
 
-#if RTM_CPP_VERSION >= RTM_CPP_VERSION_20
+// Use RTM_NO_BIT_CAST to disable std::bit_cast
+#if RTM_CPP_VERSION >= RTM_CPP_VERSION_20 && !defined(RTM_NO_BIT_CAST)
 	#include <bit>
 #endif
 
@@ -44,7 +46,7 @@ namespace rtm
 		// C++20 introduced std::bit_cast which is safer than reinterpret_cast
 		//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
-	#if RTM_CPP_VERSION >= RTM_CPP_VERSION_20
+	#if RTM_CPP_VERSION >= RTM_CPP_VERSION_20 && !defined(RTM_NO_BIT_CAST)
 		using std::bit_cast;
 	#else
 		template<class dest_type_t, class src_type_t>
diff --git a/includes/rtm/impl/error.h b/includes/rtm/impl/error.h
index d0c1fb5..8de988d 100644
--- a/includes/rtm/impl/error.h
+++ b/includes/rtm/impl/error.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 // SOFTWARE.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include "rtm/config.h"
 #include "rtm/version.h"
 #include "rtm/impl/compiler_utils.h"
 #include "rtm/impl/detect_compiler.h"
@@ -32,51 +33,7 @@
 
 RTM_IMPL_FILE_PRAGMA_PUSH
 
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-// This library uses a simple system to handle asserts. Asserts are fatal and must terminate
-// otherwise the behavior is undefined if execution continues.
-//
-// A total of 4 behaviors are supported:
-//    - We can print to stderr and abort
-//    - We can throw and exception
-//    - We can call a custom function
-//    - Do nothing and strip the check at compile time (default behavior)
-//
-// Aborting:
-//    In order to enable the aborting behavior, simply define the macro RTM_ON_ASSERT_ABORT:
-//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_ABORT
-//
-// Throwing:
-//    In order to enable the throwing behavior, simply define the macro RTM_ON_ASSERT_THROW:
-//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_THROW
-//    Note that the type of the exception thrown is rtm::runtime_assert.
-//
-// Custom function:
-//    In order to enable the custom function calling behavior, define the macro RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM
-//    with the name of the function to call:
-//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM on_custom_assert_impl
-//    Note that the function signature is as follow:
-//    void on_custom_assert_impl(const char* expression, int line, const char* file, const char* format, ...) {}
-//
-//    You can also define your own assert implementation by defining the RTM_ASSERT macro as well:
-//    #define RTM_ON_ASSERT_CUSTOM
-//    #define RTM_ASSERT(expression, format, ...) checkf(expression, ANSI_TO_TCHAR(format), #__VA_ARGS__)
-//
-//    [Custom String Format Specifier]
-//    Note that if you use a custom function, you may need to override the RTM_ASSERT_STRING_FORMAT_SPECIFIER
-//    to properly handle ANSI/Unicode support. The C++11 standard does not support a way to say that '%s'
-//    always means an ANSI string (with 'const char*' as type). MSVC does support '%hs' but other compilers
-//    do not.
-//
-// No checks:
-//    By default if no macro mentioned above is defined, all asserts will be stripped
-//    at compile time.
-//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
-
-// See [Custom String Format Specifier] for details
-#if !defined(RTM_ASSERT_STRING_FORMAT_SPECIFIER)
-	#define RTM_ASSERT_STRING_FORMAT_SPECIFIER "%s"
-#endif
+// See config.h for details on how to configure asserts for your project
 
 #if defined(RTM_ON_ASSERT_ABORT)
 
diff --git a/includes/rtm/math.h b/includes/rtm/math.h
index 2f8e658..940b271 100644
--- a/includes/rtm/math.h
+++ b/includes/rtm/math.h
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 // SOFTWARE.
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 
+#include "rtm/config.h"
 #include "rtm/impl/detect_arch.h"
 #include "rtm/impl/detect_compiler.h"