diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a7897be92..03e76792b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER "Build the game server." ON)
 OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN "Build the login server." OFF)
 OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_AZONE "Build azone utility." OFF)
 OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_TESTS "Build utility tests." OFF)
+OPTION(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL "Build Perl parser." OFF)
 
 #C++11 stuff
 IF(NOT MSVC)
@@ -128,8 +129,10 @@ IF(EQEMU_ENABLE_RVALUE_MOVE)
 ENDIF(EQEMU_ENABLE_RVALUE_MOVE)
 
 #Various definitions
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBPERL)
-ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBPERL_PLUGIN)
+IF(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL)
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBPERL)
+    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEMBPERL_PLUGIN)
+ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL)
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DEQDEBUG=${EQEMU_DEBUG_LEVEL})
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DINVERSEXY)
 ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DFIELD_ITEMS)
@@ -138,8 +141,11 @@ ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DMAP_DIR="./Maps")
 #Find everything we need
 FIND_PACKAGE(ZLIB REQUIRED)
 FIND_PACKAGE(MySQL REQUIRED)
-FIND_PACKAGE(PerlLibs REQUIRED)
-INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}" "${PERL_INCLUDE_PATH}" "${MySQL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
+IF(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(PerlLibs REQUIRED)
+    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${PERL_INCLUDE_PATH}")
+ENDIF(EQEMU_BUILD_PERL)
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES("${ZLIB_INCLUDE_DIRS}" "${MySQL_INCLUDE_DIR}")
 
 IF(EQEMU_BUILD_SERVER OR EQEMU_BUILD_LOGIN OR EQEMU_BUILD_TESTS)
     ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(common)
diff --git a/zone/net.cpp b/zone/net.cpp
index ac3ab94f2..2ac9d1c61 100644
--- a/zone/net.cpp
+++ b/zone/net.cpp
@@ -284,9 +284,11 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	}
 
     parse = new QuestParserCollection();
-    PerlXSParser *pxs = new PerlXSParser();
-    Parser *ps = new Parser();
-    parse->RegisterQuestInterface(pxs, "pl");
+#ifdef EMBPERL
+	PerlXSParser *pxs = new PerlXSParser();
+	parse->RegisterQuestInterface(pxs, "pl");
+#endif
+	Parser *ps = new Parser();
     //parse->RegisterQuestInterface(ps, "qst");
 
 
@@ -473,7 +475,9 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv) {
 	entity_list.Clear();
 
 	safe_delete(parse);
-	safe_delete(pxs);
+#ifdef EMBPERL
+ 	safe_delete(pxs);
+#endif
 	safe_delete(ps);
 	safe_delete(mmf);