diff --git a/CMakeModules/nel.cmake b/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
index f8d01a0bc..baddcfa9b 100644
--- a/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
+++ b/CMakeModules/nel.cmake
@@ -249,6 +249,8 @@ MACRO(NL_SETUP_DEFAULT_OPTIONS)
   OPTION(WITH_ASSIMP              "Use assimp exporter"                           OFF)
   OPTION(WITH_LIBGSF              "Use libgsf for max file library"               OFF)
 
+  OPTION(WITH_FFMPEG              "Use ffmpeg for audio decoder"                  OFF)
+
   ###
   # GUI toolkits
   ###
diff --git a/nel/CMakeLists.txt b/nel/CMakeLists.txt
index 1530e75e3..b102310ab 100644
--- a/nel/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/nel/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@ ENDIF()
 IF(WITH_SOUND)
   FIND_PACKAGE(Ogg)
   FIND_PACKAGE(Vorbis)
-  FIND_PACKAGE(FFmpeg COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWRESAMPLE)
+  IF(WITH_FFMPEG)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(FFmpeg REQUIRED COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWRESAMPLE)
+  ENDIF()
 
   IF(WITH_DRIVER_OPENAL)
     FIND_PACKAGE(OpenAL)