diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios-shared.txt b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios-shared.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ad8919eee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios-shared.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+message("PRELOADING iOS cache")
+set (CMAKE_VERBOSE_MAKEFILE ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set (CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ios.toolchain.cmake" CACHE PATH "cmake toolchain file")
+set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Release" CACHE STRING "build type")
+set (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "arm64" CACHE STRING "iOS platform to build")
+set (CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.0" CACHE STRING "iOS minimum target")
+set (ENABLE_BITCODE OFF CACHE BOOL "iOS default")
+set (BUILD_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "iOS default")
+set (WITH_SANITIZE_ADDRESS ON CACHE BOOL "build with address sanitizer")
+set (WITH_CLIENT OFF CACHE BOOL "disable iOS client")
+set (WITH_SERVER OFF CACHE BOOL "disable iOS server")
+set (WITH_KRB5 OFF CACHE BOOL "Kerberos support")
+set (WITH_CLIENT_SDL OFF CACHE BOOL "iOS preload")
+set (WITH_FFMPEG OFF CACHE BOOL "iOS preload")
+set (WITH_SWSCALE OFF CACHE BOOL "iOS preload")
+set (WITH_NEON ON CACHE BOOL "iOS preload")
+set (WITH_OPUS OFF CACHE BOOL "iOS preload")
+set (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS ON CACHE BOOL "iOS preload")
diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios.txt b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios.txt
index 15b55fbf1..acdfdad10 100644
--- a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios.txt
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-ios.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ set (CMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/ios.toolchain.cmake" CACHE
 set (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING "build type")
 set (CMAKE_OSX_ARCHITECTURES "arm64" CACHE STRING "iOS platform to build")
 set (CMAKE_OSX_DEPLOYMENT_TARGET "10.0" CACHE STRING "iOS minimum target")
+set (ENABLE_BITCODE OFF CACHE BOOL "iOS default")
+set (BUILD_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "iOS default")
 set (WITH_SANITIZE_ADDRESS ON CACHE BOOL "build with address sanitizer")
 set (WITH_CLIENT OFF CACHE BOOL "disable iOS client")
 set (WITH_SERVER OFF CACHE BOOL "disable iOS server")