diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 060b19ec3..c939f8063 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ option(USE_LIBAO "Build with AO support" ON)
 option(USE_OSS "Build with OSS support" OFF)
 option(USE_PULSEAUDIO "Build with PulseAudio support" ON)
 option(USE_BREAKPAD "Build and link with breakpad library" ON)
+option(USE_LUA "Build with Lua support" ON)
 option(ENABLE_GDB_SERVER "Build with GDB debugging support" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_DC_PROFILER "Build with support for target machine (SH4) profiler" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_FC_PROFILER "Build with support for host app (Flycast) profiler" OFF)
@@ -473,12 +474,14 @@ if(NOT LIBRETRO)
 		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ZLIB::ZLIB)
 	endif()
 
-	find_package(Lua 5.2)
-	if(NOT APPLE AND LUA_FOUND)
-		target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE USE_LUA)
-		target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR} core/deps/luabridge/Source)
-		list(TRANSFORM LUA_LIBRARIES REPLACE "\.dll" "")
-		target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
+	if(USE_LUA)
+		find_package(Lua 5.2)
+		if(NOT APPLE AND LUA_FOUND)
+			target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE USE_LUA)
+			target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR} core/deps/luabridge/Source)
+			list(TRANSFORM LUA_LIBRARIES REPLACE "\.dll" "")
+			target_link_libraries(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ${LUA_LIBRARIES})
+		endif()
 	endif()
 endif()