diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 23a3dbc0c..f26112cd2 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ option(USE_EXPERIMENTAL_LANG_VERSIONS "Build with -std=c++0x" OFF)
 option(BUILD_SHARED "Build with shared libraries" OFF)
 option(WITH_BENCHMARK "Build with benchmark code" OFF)
 option(WITH_MYFILE_MMAP "Build using memory mapped file" ON)
+option(WITH_JXL "Build with JPEG XL import support" OFF)
 option(WITH_LTO "Build with link-time optimizations" OFF)
 option(WITH_SAN "Build with run-time sanitizer" OFF)
 option(WITH_PROF "Build with profiling instrumentation" OFF)
@@ -552,7 +553,12 @@ if(WITH_SYSTEM_KLT)
     find_package(KLT REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-pkg_check_modules(JXL IMPORTED_TARGET libjxl libjxl_threads)
+set(JXL_LIBS "libjxl libjxl_threads")
+if(WITH_JXL)
+    pkg_check_modules(JXL REQUIRED IMPORTED_TARGET ${JXL_LIBS})
+else()
+    pkg_check_modules(JXL IMPORTED_TARGET ${JXL_LIBS})
+endif()
 if(JXL_FOUND)
     add_definitions(-DLIBJXL)    
 endif()