diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 120102600..0d036e1d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 2.8.12)
 find_package(ECM 0.0.9 REQUIRED NO_MODULE)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake)
 
-find_package(Qt5 5.2 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Quick Bluetooth)
+find_package(Qt5 5.2 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Quick)
 
 find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS I18n ConfigWidgets DBusAddons)
 find_package(KF5DocTools)
diff --git a/core/CMakeLists.txt b/core/CMakeLists.txt
index e73155a3e..6dcfcc81f 100644
--- a/core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,7 +8,12 @@ include_directories(
 
 add_subdirectory(backends/lan)
 add_subdirectory(backends/loopback)
-add_subdirectory(backends/bluetooth)
+
+option(BLUETOOTH_ENABLED "Bluetooth support for kdeconnect" OFF)
+if(BLUETOOTH_ENABLED)
+    find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Bluetooth)
+    add_subdirectory(backends/bluetooth)
+endif()
 
 find_package(KF5Notifications 5.9 REQUIRED)
 
@@ -39,7 +44,6 @@ PUBLIC
     Qt5::Network
     KF5::CoreAddons
     qca-qt5
-    Qt5::Bluetooth
 PRIVATE
     Qt5::DBus
     Qt5::Gui
@@ -47,6 +51,11 @@ PRIVATE
     KF5::ConfigCore
 )
 
+if (BLUETOOTH_ENABLED)
+    target_compile_definitions(kdeconnectcore PRIVATE -DKDECONNECT_BLUETOOTH)
+    target_link_libraries(kdeconnectcore PRIVATE Qt5::Bluetooth)
+endif()
+
 set_target_properties(kdeconnectcore PROPERTIES
     VERSION ${KDECONNECT_VERSION}
     SOVERSION ${KDECONNECT_VERSION_MAJOR}
diff --git a/core/daemon.cpp b/core/daemon.cpp
index c45362371..6fd4cb57e 100644
--- a/core/daemon.cpp
+++ b/core/daemon.cpp
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 #include "core_debug.h"
 #include "kdeconnectconfig.h"
 #include "networkpackage.h"
-#include "backends/bluetooth/bluetoothlinkprovider.h"
+
+#ifdef KDECONNECT_BLUETOOTH
+    #include "backends/bluetooth/bluetoothlinkprovider.h"
+#endif
+
 #include "backends/lan/lanlinkprovider.h"
 #include "backends/loopback/loopbacklinkprovider.h"
 #include "device.h"
@@ -67,7 +71,9 @@ Daemon::Daemon(QObject *parent, bool testMode)
         d->mLinkProviders.insert(new LoopbackLinkProvider());
     else {
         d->mLinkProviders.insert(new LanLinkProvider());
-        d->mLinkProviders.insert(new BluetoothLinkProvider());
+        #ifdef KDECONNECT_BLUETOOTH
+            d->mLinkProviders.insert(new BluetoothLinkProvider());
+        #endif
     }
 
     //Read remebered paired devices