diff --git a/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt b/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt
index c1d263108..6fc7d8407 100644
--- a/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/plugins/obs-qsv11/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+option(ENABLE_QSV11 "Build Intel QSV11 Hardware Encoder." TRUE)
+
+if(NOT ENABLE_QSV11)
+	message(STATUS "NOT building Intel QSV11 Hardware Encoder.")
+	return()
+endif()
+
 project(obs-qsv11)
 
 include_directories(libmfx/include/msdk/include)