diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 656ef3e17c..58af5915c0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ option(ENABLE_AO "Enables libao sound backend" ON)
 option(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO "Enables PulseAudio sound backend" ON)
 option(ENABLE_OPENAL "Enables OpenAL sound backend" ON)
 option(ENABLE_LLVM "Enables LLVM support, for disassembly" ON)
+option(ENABLE_BLUEZ "Enables bluetooth support" ON)
 
 # Maintainers: if you consider blanket disabling this for your users, please
 # consider the following points:
@@ -476,14 +477,18 @@ else()
 	message("ao explicitly disabled, disabling ao sound backend")
 endif()
 
-check_lib(BLUEZ bluez bluez QUIET)
-if(BLUEZ_FOUND)
-	add_definitions(-DHAVE_BLUEZ=1)
-	message("bluez found, enabling bluetooth support")
+if(ENABLE_BLUEZ)
+	check_lib(BLUEZ bluez bluez QUIET)
+	if(BLUEZ_FOUND)
+		add_definitions(-DHAVE_BLUEZ=1)
+		message("bluez found, enabling bluetooth support")
+	else()
+		add_definitions(-DHAVE_BLUEZ=0)
+		message("bluez NOT found, disabling bluetooth support")
+	endif()
 else()
-	add_definitions(-DHAVE_BLUEZ=0)
-	message("bluez NOT found, disabling bluetooth support")
-endif(BLUEZ_FOUND)
+	message("bluez explicitly disabled, disabling bluetooth support")
+endif()
 
 if(ENABLE_PULSEAUDIO)
 	check_lib(PULSEAUDIO libpulse pulse QUIET)