diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ec61916c..93ddd1fc 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ option(BUILD_WITH_TREMOR "Build with vorbis using TREMOR" ON)
 option(BUILD_WITH_OPUS "Build with OPUS support" ON)
 option(BUILD_WITH_AVAHI "Build with AVAHI support" ON)
 option(BUILD_WITH_EXPAT "Build with EXPAT support" ON)
-
+option(BUILD_WITH_PULSE "Build with PulseAudio support" ON)
 
 if (NOT BUILD_SHARED_LIBS AND NOT BUILD_STATIC_LIBS)
     message(FATAL_ERROR "One or both of BUILD_SHARED_LIBS or BUILD_STATIC_LIBS must be set to ON to build")
@@ -168,10 +168,12 @@ if(NOT WIN32 AND NOT ANDROID)
             add_definitions(-DHAS_ALSA)
         endif (ALSA_FOUND)
 
-        pkg_search_module(PULSE libpulse)
-        if (PULSE_FOUND)
-            add_definitions(-DHAS_PULSE)
-        endif (PULSE_FOUND)
+        if(BUILD_WITH_PULSE)
+            pkg_search_module(PULSE libpulse)
+            if (PULSE_FOUND)
+                add_definitions(-DHAS_PULSE)
+            endif (PULSE_FOUND)
+        endif(BUILD_WITH_PULSE)
 
         if(BUILD_WITH_AVAHI)
             pkg_search_module(AVAHI avahi-client)