diff --git a/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/tetrahedral_remeshing.h b/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/tetrahedral_remeshing.h
index 8a8ebe925b3..d41d3dbb987 100644
--- a/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/tetrahedral_remeshing.h
+++ b/Tetrahedral_remeshing/include/CGAL/tetrahedral_remeshing.h
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ void tetrahedral_isotropic_remeshing(
 
   // perform remeshing
   std::size_t nb_extra_iterations = 3;
+#ifdef CGAL_TETRAHEDRAL_REMESHING_NO_EXTRA_ITERATIONS
+  nb_extra_iterations = 0;
+#endif
+
   remesher.remesh(max_it, nb_extra_iterations);
 
 #ifdef CGAL_TETRAHEDRAL_REMESHING_DEBUG
@@ -458,6 +462,10 @@ void tetrahedral_isotropic_remeshing(
 
   // perform remeshing
   std::size_t nb_extra_iterations = 3;
+#ifdef CGAL_TETRAHEDRAL_REMESHING_NO_EXTRA_ITERATIONS
+  nb_extra_iterations = 0;
+#endif
+
   remesher.remesh(max_it, nb_extra_iterations);
 
 #ifdef CGAL_TETRAHEDRAL_REMESHING_VERBOSE