diff --git a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
index 26f4111b44..975f54753c 100644
--- a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ else(OPENGL_FOUND AND X11_FOUND)
     message(STATUS "Skip build of GSdx: miss some dependencies")
     message(STATUS "${msg_dep_gsdx}")
 endif(OPENGL_FOUND AND X11_FOUND)
+# FIXME: for the moment disable gsdx. I will enable it when sdl is supported on cmake
+set(GSdx FALSE)
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