diff --git a/CI/azure/ci-ubuntu.sh b/CI/azure/ci-ubuntu.sh
index 42f6bb0b6..25ccea0b1 100644
--- a/CI/azure/ci-ubuntu.sh
+++ b/CI/azure/ci-ubuntu.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@ set -x
 uname -a
 echo "$PWD"
 mkdir build && cd build
-cmake .. -Werror=dev -DCOMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DWITH_HWMON=ON -DWITH_SERIAL_BACKEND=ON -DWITH_EXAMPLES=ON -DCPP_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DENABLE_PACKAGING=ON -DCPACK_SYSTEM_NAME="${ARTIFACTNAME}"
+cmake .. -Werror=dev -DCOMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DWITH_SERIAL_BACKEND=ON -DWITH_EXAMPLES=ON -DCPP_BINDINGS=ON -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DENABLE_PACKAGING=ON -DCPACK_SYSTEM_NAME="${ARTIFACTNAME}"
 make
 make package
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index e48910a99..f53fe17e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -284,7 +284,7 @@ if(WITH_LOCAL_BACKEND)
 	endif()
 
 	option(WITH_LOCAL_MMAP_API "Use the mmap API provided in Analog Devices' kernel (not upstream)" ON)
-	option(WITH_HWMON "Add compatibility with the hardware monitoring (hwmon) subsystem" OFF)
+	option(WITH_HWMON "Add compatibility with the hardware monitoring (hwmon) subsystem" ON)
 
 	list(APPEND LIBIIO_SCAN_BACKENDS local)
 endif()
diff --git a/README_BUILD.md b/README_BUILD.md
index 596506bb8..61bc7ed4e 100644
--- a/README_BUILD.md
+++ b/README_BUILD.md
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ Cmake Options          | Default | Target | Description
 `INSTALL_UDEV_RULE`    |  ON |      Linux | Install a Linux udev rule for detection of USB devices |
 `UDEV_RULES_INSTALL_DIR` | /lib/udev/rules.d |    Linux | default install path for udev rules |
 `WITH_LOCAL_CONFIG`    |  ON |      Linux | Read local context attributes from /etc/libiio.ini |
-`WITH_HWMON`           | OFF |      Linux | Add compatibility with the hwmon subsystem         |
+`WITH_HWMON`           |  ON |      Linux | Add compatibility with the hwmon subsystem         |
 `WITH_GCOV`            | OFF |      Linux | Build with gcov profiling flags |
 `OSX_FRAMEWORK`        |  ON |        Mac | OS X frameworks provide the interfaces you need to write software for Mac. |
 `OSX_PACKAGE`          |  ON |        Mac | Create a OSX package for installation on local and other machines |
diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index bab0ba5c8..444e02b4a 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -66,9 +66,9 @@ stages:
         set -e
         mkdir build && cd build
         if [ "$ARTIFACTNAME" != "Linux-CentOS-7" ]; then
-          cmake .. -Werror=dev -DCOMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DENABLE_PACKAGING=ON -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DWITH_MAN=ON -DCPACK_SYSTEM_NAME=${ARTIFACTNAME}
+          cmake .. -Werror=dev -DCOMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DENABLE_PACKAGING=ON -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DWITH_SERIAL_BACKEND=ON -DWITH_MAN=ON -DCPACK_SYSTEM_NAME=${ARTIFACTNAME}
         else
-          # CentOS 7 does not have new enough kernel headers to support modern libusb
+          # CentOS 7 does not have new enough kernel headers to support modern libusb. nor libserialport
           cmake .. -Werror=dev -DCOMPILE_WARNING_AS_ERROR=ON -DENABLE_PACKAGING=ON -DPYTHON_BINDINGS=ON -DWITH_DOC=ON -DWITH_MAN=ON -DCPACK_SYSTEM_NAME=${ARTIFACTNAME} -DWITH_USB_BACKEND=OFF -DWITH_IIOD_USBD=OFF
         fi
         make