diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
index 05dce4a1..54dc3427 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ SET(SOURCES_QT_SDL
     InterfaceSettingsDialog.cpp
     Input.cpp
     LAN_PCap.cpp
-    LAN_Socket.cpp
     OSD.cpp
     OSD_shaders.h
     font.h
@@ -70,21 +69,41 @@ find_package(Threads REQUIRED)
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 find_package(Iconv REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(SDL2 REQUIRED sdl2)
-pkg_check_modules(SLIRP REQUIRED slirp)
+pkg_check_modules(SLIRP slirp)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBARCHIVE REQUIRED libarchive)
 add_compile_definitions(ARCHIVE_SUPPORT_ENABLED)
 
+if (SLIRP_FOUND)
+    option(ENABLE_LIBSLIRP "Enable use of libslirp for network sockets" ON)
+else()
+    option(ENABLE_LIBSLIRP "Enable use of libslirp for network sockets" OFF)
+endif()
+
 if (WIN32 AND (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Release))
     add_executable(melonDS WIN32 ${SOURCES_QT_SDL})
 else()
     add_executable(melonDS ${SOURCES_QT_SDL})
 endif()
 
+if (ENABLE_LIBSLIRP)
+	target_compile_definitions(melonDS PRIVATE -DHAVE_LIBSLIRP)
+    target_sources(melonDS PRIVATE LAN_Socket.cpp)
+endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(melonDS ${CMAKE_THREAD_LIBS_INIT})
 
-target_include_directories(melonDS PRIVATE ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${SDL2_PREFIX}/include ${SLIRP_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${LIBARCHIVE_INCLUDE_DIRS})
-target_link_directories(melonDS PRIVATE ${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS} ${SLIRP_LIBRARY_DIRS})
-target_link_directories(melonDS PRIVATE ${LIBARCHIVE_LIBRARY_DIRS})
+target_include_directories(
+    melonDS PRIVATE
+    ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS} ${SDL2_PREFIX}/include
+    ${SLIRP_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+    ${LIBARCHIVE_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+)
+target_link_directories(
+    melonDS PRIVATE
+    ${SDL2_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+    ${SLIRP_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+    ${LIBARCHIVE_LIBRARY_DIRS}
+)
 
 target_include_directories(melonDS PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 target_include_directories(melonDS PUBLIC "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..")
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp
index 81d86d30..32949161 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/Platform.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,11 @@
 
 #include "Platform.h"
 #include "PlatformConfig.h"
+
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSLIRP
 #include "LAN_Socket.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "LAN_PCap.h"
 #include <string>
 
@@ -393,6 +397,7 @@ int MP_RecvPacket(u8* data, bool block)
 
 
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSLIRP
 bool LAN_Init()
 {
     if (Config::DirectLAN)
@@ -408,6 +413,12 @@ bool LAN_Init()
 
     return true;
 }
+#else
+bool LAN_Init()
+{
+    return LAN_PCap::Init(true);
+}
+#endif
 
 void LAN_DeInit()
 {
@@ -417,9 +428,12 @@ void LAN_DeInit()
     //else
     //    LAN_Socket::DeInit();
     LAN_PCap::DeInit();
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSLIRP
     LAN_Socket::DeInit();
+#endif
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSLIRP
 int LAN_SendPacket(u8* data, int len)
 {
     if (Config::DirectLAN)
@@ -435,6 +449,17 @@ int LAN_RecvPacket(u8* data)
     else
         return LAN_Socket::RecvPacket(data);
 }
+#else
+int LAN_SendPacket(u8* data, int len)
+{
+    return LAN_PCap::SendPacket(data, len);
+}
+
+int LAN_RecvPacket(u8* data)
+{
+    return LAN_PCap::RecvPacket(data);
+}
+#endif
 
 void Sleep(u64 usecs)
 {
diff --git a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp
index 538a35b4..385b9e36 100644
--- a/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/qt_sdl/WifiSettingsDialog.cpp
@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ WifiSettingsDialog::WifiSettingsDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(ne
     ui->setupUi(this);
     setAttribute(Qt::WA_DeleteOnClose);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSLIRP
     LAN_Socket::Init();
+#endif
     haspcap = LAN_PCap::Init(false);
 
     ui->rbDirectMode->setText("Direct mode (requires " PCAP_NAME " and ethernet connection)");
@@ -71,8 +73,14 @@ WifiSettingsDialog::WifiSettingsDialog(QWidget* parent) : QDialog(parent), ui(ne
     }
     ui->cbxDirectAdapter->setCurrentIndex(sel);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBSLIRP
     ui->rbDirectMode->setChecked(Config::DirectLAN != 0);
     ui->rbIndirectMode->setChecked(Config::DirectLAN == 0);
+#else
+    ui->rbDirectMode->setChecked(true);
+    ui->rbIndirectMode->setEnabled(false);
+    ui->rbIndirectMode->setText("Indirect mode (unavailable, compiled without libslirp)");
+#endif
     if (!haspcap) ui->rbDirectMode->setEnabled(false);
 
     updateAdapterControls();