diff --git a/SConscript b/SConscript
index d2680e21..d3ea7f3c 100644
--- a/SConscript
+++ b/SConscript
@@ -38,8 +38,8 @@ for x in Glob('libs/*'):
         if not sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
             if name in 'netlinkplus':
                 continue
-        else:
-            if name in 'mongooseplus':
+
+        if env.mongoose == 'no' and name in 'mongooseplus':
                 continue
 
         library, library_includes = SConscript(sconscript_path, exports='env dirs name')
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 0c3cb35f..55b0a48c 100644
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ AddOption(
     default='all',
     help='The compilation mode.',
 )
+AddOption(
+    '--mongoose',
+    dest='mongoose',
+    nargs=1,
+    action='store',
+    choices=('yes', 'no'),
+    default='no',
+    help='Build webserver with mongoose (warning: it will violate GPLv3 license!)',
+)
 
 
 class FreelanEnvironment(Environment):
@@ -29,7 +38,7 @@ class FreelanEnvironment(Environment):
     A freelan specific environment class.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, mode, prefix, bin_prefix=None, **kwargs):
+    def __init__(self, mode, prefix, bin_prefix=None, mongoose='no', **kwargs):
         """
         Initialize the environment.
 
@@ -69,6 +78,7 @@ class FreelanEnvironment(Environment):
         self.prefix = prefix
         self.bin_prefix = bin_prefix if bin_prefix else prefix
         self.destdir = self['ENV'].get('DESTDIR', '')
+        self.mongoose = mongoose
 
         if self.destdir:
             self.install_prefix = os.path.normpath(
@@ -115,6 +125,9 @@ class FreelanEnvironment(Environment):
         else:
             self.Append(CXXFLAGS='-O3')
 
+	if self.mongoose == 'yes':
+		self.Append(CXXFLAGS=['-DUSE_MONGOOSE'])
+
         self.Append(CPPDEFINES=r'FREELAN_INSTALL_PREFIX="\"%s\""' % self.prefix)
 
     def RGlob(self, path, patterns=None):
@@ -159,6 +172,7 @@ class FreelanEnvironment(Environment):
 
 
 mode = GetOption('mode')
+mongoose = GetOption('mongoose')
 prefix = os.path.normpath(os.path.abspath(ARGUMENTS.get('prefix', './install')))
 
 if 'bin_prefix' in ARGUMENTS:
@@ -167,7 +181,7 @@ else:
     bin_prefix = None
 
 if mode in ('all', 'release'):
-    env = FreelanEnvironment(mode='release', prefix=prefix, bin_prefix=bin_prefix)
+    env = FreelanEnvironment(mode='release', prefix=prefix, bin_prefix=bin_prefix, mongoose=mongoose)
     libraries, includes, apps, samples, configurations = SConscript('SConscript', exports='env', variant_dir=os.path.join('build', env.mode))
     install = env.Install(os.path.join(env.bin_install_prefix, 'bin'), apps)
     install.extend(env.Install(os.path.join(env.install_prefix, 'etc', 'freelan'), configurations))
diff --git a/apps/freelan/SConscript b/apps/freelan/SConscript
index b27286b9..e1e057fd 100644
--- a/apps/freelan/SConscript
+++ b/apps/freelan/SConscript
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import sys
 
-
 Import('env dirs name')
 
 libraries = [
@@ -29,10 +28,6 @@ if sys.platform.startswith('linux'):
         'netlinkplus',
     ])
 else:
-    libraries.extend([
-        'mongooseplus',
-    ])
-
     if sys.platform.startswith('darwin'):
         libraries.extend([
             'ldap',
@@ -40,6 +35,11 @@ else:
             'iconv',
         ])
 
+if env.mongoose == 'yes':
+    libraries.extend([
+        'mongooseplus',
+    ])
+
 env = env.Clone()
 env.Prepend(LIBS=libraries)
 
diff --git a/libs/freelan/include/freelan/server.hpp b/libs/freelan/include/freelan/server.hpp
index 575b56e7..db002b6a 100644
--- a/libs/freelan/include/freelan/server.hpp
+++ b/libs/freelan/include/freelan/server.hpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@
 
 #include "os.hpp"
 
-#ifndef LINUX
+#ifdef USE_MONGOOSE
 
 #include "configuration.hpp"
 
@@ -113,4 +113,4 @@ namespace freelan
 	};
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/libs/freelan/src/core.cpp b/libs/freelan/src/core.cpp
index 40bcb8ec..0c4c8363 100644
--- a/libs/freelan/src/core.cpp
+++ b/libs/freelan/src/core.cpp
@@ -2358,8 +2358,9 @@ namespace freelan
 	{
 		if (m_configuration.server.enabled)
 		{
-#ifdef LINUX
-			// Due to GPL licensing issues, we can't include that in the LINUX build without violating the GPLv3 license.
+#ifndef USE_MONGOOSE
+			// Due to GPL licensing issues, we can't include that in the build without violating the GPLv3 license.
+			// If you still want that support, adds USE_MONGOOSE define to the build options.
 			m_logger(fscp::log_level::warning) << "Web server support is not compiled in this version.";
 #else
 			if (m_configuration.server.protocol == server_configuration::server_protocol_type::https)
@@ -2427,7 +2428,7 @@ namespace freelan
 
 	void core::close_web_server()
 	{
-#ifndef LINUX
+#ifdef USE_MONGOOSE
 		if (m_web_server)
 		{
 			m_logger(fscp::log_level::information) << "Closing web server...";
diff --git a/libs/freelan/src/server.cpp b/libs/freelan/src/server.cpp
index 101cdbb6..64385adc 100644
--- a/libs/freelan/src/server.cpp
+++ b/libs/freelan/src/server.cpp
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 
 #include "server.hpp"
 
-#ifndef LINUX
+#ifdef USE_MONGOOSE
 
 #include "tools.hpp"
 
@@ -471,4 +471,4 @@ namespace freelan
 	}
 }
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif