diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 10f852546e..2f5b454ea3 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ for ARG in "$@"; do
         --lto               ) flags="$flags -DUSE_LTO=TRUE" ;;
         --pgo-optimize      ) flags="$flags -DUSE_PGO_OPTIMIZE=TRUE" ;;
         --pgo-generate      ) flags="$flags -DUSE_PGO_GENERATE=TRUE" ;;
+        --no-dev9ghzdrk     ) flags="$flags -DDISABLE_DEV9GHZDRK=TRUE" ;;
         --no-simd           ) flags="$flags -DDISABLE_ADVANCE_SIMD=TRUE" ;;
         --no-trans          ) flags="$flags -DNO_TRANSLATION=TRUE" ;;
         --cross-multilib    ) flags="$flags -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$toolfile"; useCross=1; ;;
@@ -241,6 +242,7 @@ for ARG in "$@"; do
             echo
             echo "** Distribution Compatibilities **"
             echo "--sdl12         : Build with SDL1.2 (requires if wx is linked against SDL1.2)"
+	    echo "--no-dev9ghzdrk : Skip dev9ghzdrk. (Avoids needing escalated privileges to build.)"
             echo
             echo "** Expert Developer option **"
             echo "--gtk3          : replace GTK2 by GTK3"
diff --git a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
index deea8701dd..69d0e07b91 100644
--- a/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
+++ b/cmake/SelectPcsx2Plugins.cmake
@@ -120,6 +120,7 @@ endif()
 #---------------------------------------
 #			dev9ghzdrk
 #---------------------------------------
+if(NOT DISABLE_DEV9GHZDRK)
 if(GTKn_FOUND AND PCAP_FOUND AND LIBXML2_FOUND)
     set(dev9ghzdrk TRUE)
     list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
@@ -129,6 +130,7 @@ else()
     set(dev9ghzdrk FALSE)
     print_dep("Skip build of dev9ghzdrk: missing dependencies" "${msg_dep_dev}")
 endif()
+endif()
 #---------------------------------------
 
 #---------------------------------------