diff --git a/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake b/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
index 195315e12e..354a49fccb 100644
--- a/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
+++ b/cmake/BuildParameters.cmake
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ option(BUILD_REPLAY_LOADERS "Build GS replayer to ease testing (developer option
 option(PACKAGE_MODE "Use this option to ease packaging of PCSX2 (developer/distribution option)")
 option(DISABLE_CHEATS_ZIP "Disable including the cheats_ws.zip file")
 option(DISABLE_PCSX2_WRAPPER "Disable including the PCSX2-linux.sh file")
+option(DISABLE_SETCAP "Do not set files capabilities")
 option(XDG_STD "Use XDG standard path instead of the standard PCSX2 path")
 option(EXTRA_PLUGINS "Build various 'extra' plugins")
 option(PORTAUDIO_API "Build portaudio support on spu2x" ON)
diff --git a/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt b/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
index 2b0db9fb73..7df58ba2a9 100644
--- a/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/pcsx2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -877,9 +877,11 @@ if (APPLE)
 endif()
 
 if(dev9ghzdrk)
-    if(PACKAGE_MODE)
-        install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND /bin/bash -c \"echo 'Enabling networking capability on Linux...';set -x; [ -f ${BIN_DIR}/${Output} ] && sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' ${BIN_DIR}/${Output}; set +x\")")
-    else()
-        install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND /bin/bash -c \"echo 'Enabling networking capability on Linux...';set -x; [ -f ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/${Output} ] && sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/${Output}; set +x\")")
+    if(NOT DISABLE_SETCAP)
+        if(PACKAGE_MODE)
+            install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND /bin/bash -c \"echo 'Enabling networking capability on Linux...';set -x; [ -f ${BIN_DIR}/${Output} ] && sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' ${BIN_DIR}/${Output}; set +x\")")
+        else()
+            install(CODE "execute_process(COMMAND /bin/bash -c \"echo 'Enabling networking capability on Linux...';set -x; [ -f ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/${Output} ] && sudo setcap 'CAP_NET_RAW+eip CAP_NET_ADMIN+eip' ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/bin/${Output}; set +x\")")
+        endif()
     endif()
-endif()
\ No newline at end of file
+endif()