diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 04237812d87..5ca1eda8ebb 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -289,7 +289,7 @@ if(WITH_X11)
 endif()
 
 if(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)
-	option(WITH_SYSTEM_GLEW "Use GLEW OpenGL wrapper library provided by the operating system" ON)
+	option(WITH_SYSTEM_GLEW "Use GLEW OpenGL wrapper library provided by the operating system" OFF)
 	option(WITH_SYSTEM_GLES "Use OpenGL ES library provided by the operating system"           ON)
 else()
 	# not an option for other OS's