diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c9212fe4..c086b0da 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ project(SqMod)
 # Several plugin options
 option(BUILTIN_RUNTIMES "Include the MinGW runtime into the binary itself." ON)
 option(FORCE_32BIT_BIN "Create a 32-bit executable binary if the compiler defaults to 64-bit." OFF)
+option(ENABLE_MYSQL "Enable the MySQL library." OFF)
 
 # Default to c++14 standard
 if(CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.1")
diff --git a/module/CMakeLists.txt b/module/CMakeLists.txt
index c8c8c474..411f5554 100644
--- a/module/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/module/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ target_link_libraries(SqModule VCMP Squirrel Sqrat SqSDK)
 # Link to third-party libraries
 target_link_libraries(SqModule SimpleINI HashLib B64Lib AES256Lib WhirlpoolLib TinyDir PUGIXML SQLite MaxmindDB)
 # Link to mysql client library
-target_link_libraries(SqModule mariadbclient)
+if(WIN32 AND ENABLE_MYSQL)
+	target_link_libraries(SqModule mariadbclient)
+endif()
 #
 if(FORCE_32BIT_BIN)
 	set_target_properties(SqModule PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS "-m32" LINK_FLAGS "-m32")
diff --git a/module/Vendor/CMakeLists.txt b/module/Vendor/CMakeLists.txt
index c291c64f..2d1173c5 100644
--- a/module/Vendor/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/module/Vendor/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,6 @@ add_subdirectory(SQLite)
 add_subdirectory(TinyDir)
 add_subdirectory(Whirlpool)
 # Build our own mysql client on windows
-if(WIN32)
+if(WIN32 AND ENABLE_MYSQL)
     add_subdirectory(MDBC)
-endif(WIN32)
+endif()