diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 219583b1f..0306f37a0 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -133,7 +133,8 @@ class CMakeBuild(build_ext):
         extdir = os.path.abspath(os.path.dirname(self.get_ext_fullpath(ext.name)))
 
         cmake_args = ['-DCMAKE_LIBRARY_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY=' + extdir,
-                      '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=' + sys.executable]
+                      '-DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=' + sys.executable,
+                      '-DDLIB_USE_FFMPEG=OFF',]
 
         cmake_args += cmake_extra_options