diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index d7a34a5..18e6ed8 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
 org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx2g
+
+org.gradle.configuration-cache.parallel=true
+org.gradle.unsafe.isolated-projects=true
+org.gradle.configuration-cache=true
+ksp.project.isolation.enabled=true
diff --git a/nmcp/api/nmcp.api b/nmcp/api/nmcp.api
index 51b6f43..c9c7012 100644
--- a/nmcp/api/nmcp.api
+++ b/nmcp/api/nmcp.api
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ public abstract class nmcp/LocalRepositoryOptions {
 public abstract interface class nmcp/NmcpAggregationExtension {
 	public abstract fun centralPortal (Lorg/gradle/api/Action;)V
 	public abstract fun getAllFiles ()Lorg/gradle/api/file/FileCollection;
+	public abstract fun getAllowDuplicateProjectNames ()Lorg/gradle/api/provider/Property;
 	public abstract fun getAllowEmptyAggregation ()Lorg/gradle/api/provider/Property;
 	public abstract fun localRepository (Lorg/gradle/api/Action;)V
 	public abstract fun publishAllProjectsProbablyBreakingProjectIsolation ()V
diff --git a/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/NmcpAggregationExtension.kt b/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/NmcpAggregationExtension.kt
index dd62364..a667ec5 100644
--- a/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/NmcpAggregationExtension.kt
+++ b/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/NmcpAggregationExtension.kt
@@ -44,4 +44,15 @@ interface NmcpAggregationExtension {
      * Set this to true to allow empty aggregations.
      */
     val allowEmptyAggregation: Property<Boolean>
+
+    /**
+     * By default, Nmcp errors if there are duplicate project names because
+     * it confuses the dependency resolution algorithm.
+     *
+     * If you have duplicate project names that do not contribute publishing,
+     * set this to true to allow them.
+     *
+     * See https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/36167 for more details.
+     */
+    val allowDuplicateProjectNames: Property<Boolean>
 }
diff --git a/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/internal/DefaultNmcpAggregationExtension.kt b/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/internal/DefaultNmcpAggregationExtension.kt
index eabbb67..b0e927f 100644
--- a/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/internal/DefaultNmcpAggregationExtension.kt
+++ b/nmcp/src/main/kotlin/nmcp/internal/DefaultNmcpAggregationExtension.kt
@@ -52,12 +52,18 @@ internal abstract class DefaultNmcpAggregationExtension(private val project: Pro
 
         project.afterEvaluate {
             val allNames = mutableSetOf<String>()
-            project.allprojects {
-                check (!allNames.contains(it.name.lowercase())) {
-                    "Nmcp: duplicate project name: '${it.name}'. This is usually resolved by setting your root project name in your settings.gradle[.kts] file: `rootProject.name = \"\${someUniqueName}\". " +
-                        "See https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/36167 for more details"
+            if(!allowDuplicateProjectNames.orElse(false).get()) {
+                project.allprojects {
+                    check(!allNames.contains(it.name.lowercase())) {
+                        """
+                         Nmcp: some projects have the same name: '${'$'}{it.name}'. This creates issues when resolving the aggregation.
+                         You can usually resolve this error by renaming your projects (including possibly your root project).
+                         Or you can disable this check by calling `allowDuplicateProjectNames.set(true)`.
+                         See https://github.com/gradle/gradle/issues/36167 for more details.
+                        """.trimIndent()
+                    }
+                    allNames.add(it.name.lowercase())
                 }
-                allNames.add(it.name.lowercase())
             }
 
             if (!allowEmptyAggregation.orElse(false).get()) {
@@ -99,6 +105,8 @@ internal abstract class DefaultNmcpAggregationExtension(private val project: Pro
     }
 
     abstract override val allowEmptyAggregation: Property<Boolean>
+
+    abstract override val allowDuplicateProjectNames: Property<Boolean>
 }
 
 private fun isCompatible(artifactResult: ArtifactResult): Boolean {
diff --git a/nmcp/src/test/kotlin/MainTest.kt b/nmcp/src/test/kotlin/MainTest.kt
index e71d04e..2996ac4 100644
--- a/nmcp/src/test/kotlin/MainTest.kt
+++ b/nmcp/src/test/kotlin/MainTest.kt
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ class MainTest {
           .withArguments("nmcpZipAggregation")
           .buildAndFail()
 
-      assert(result.output.contains("duplicate project name"))
+      assert(result.output.contains("some projects have the same name"))
   }
 
     @Test