diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 07131753..9ce333d4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ if(TAG_RELEASE)
     include(MakeReleaseCommitAndTag)
 endif()
 
+option(VCPKG_BINARY_PACKAGES "Use vcpkg binary packages" TRUE)
+
 set(VCPKG_DEPS pkgconf zlib pthreads gettext-libintl wxwidgets nanosvg)
 
 set(VCPKG_DEPS_OPTIONAL
diff --git a/cmake/Set-Toolchain-vcpkg.cmake b/cmake/Set-Toolchain-vcpkg.cmake
index 7d1c48c8..66363c9f 100644
--- a/cmake/Set-Toolchain-vcpkg.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Set-Toolchain-vcpkg.cmake
@@ -551,7 +551,7 @@ function(vcpkg_set_toolchain)
         WORKING_DIRECTORY ${VCPKG_ROOT}
     )
 
-    if (NOT NO_VCPKG_UPDATES)
+    if (NOT (NO_VCPKG_UPDATES OR (NOT VCPKG_BINARY_PACKAGES)))
         get_binary_packages(${vcpkg_exe})
     endif()