diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 4055c9f90d432efac684980af1c54975352ec79e..c0f9dbde964bbaa753a29c5b5bb66623a73dc39c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ option(JAMI_PLUGIN "Build with plugin support" ON)
 option(JAMI_JNI "Build the JNI binding" OFF)
 option(JAMI_DBUS "Build the DBUS binding" OFF)
 option(JAMI_VIDEO "Build with video support" ON)
+option(JAMI_VIDEO_ACCEL "Build video hardware acceleration support" ON)
 option(BUILD_CONTRIB "Build contrib to CONTRIB_PATH" ON)
 option(BUILD_EXTRA_TOOLS "Build extra tools" OFF)
 
@@ -261,6 +262,9 @@ target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE
 )
 if (JAMI_VIDEO)
     target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ENABLE_VIDEO)
+    if (JAMI_VIDEO_ACCEL)
+        target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE RING_ACCEL)
+    endif()
 endif()
 if (JAMI_PLUGIN)
     target_compile_definitions(${PROJECT_NAME} PRIVATE ENABLE_PLUGIN)