diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 16b63308..c69026d1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ option(WITH_BINDINGS "Enables python/SWIG bindings" ON)
 option(WITH_GTKDOC "Enables libdnf GTK-Doc HTML documentation" ON)
 option(WITH_HTML "Enables hawkey HTML generation" ON)
 option(WITH_MAN "Enables hawkey man page generation" ON)
+option(WITH_ZCHUNK "Build with zchunk support" ON)
 option(ENABLE_RHSM_SUPPORT "Build with Red Hat Subscription Manager support?" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_SOLV_URPMREORDER "Build with support for URPM-like solution reordering?" OFF)
 
@@ -66,6 +67,12 @@ pkg_check_modules(SQLite3 REQUIRED sqlite3)
 # always enable linking with libdnf utils
 include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} libdnf/utils/)
 
+if (WITH_ZCHUNK)
+    pkg_check_modules(ZCHUNKLIB zck>=0.9.11 REQUIRED)
+    set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS          "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DWITH_ZCHUNK")
+    set (CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG    "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS_DEBUG} -DWITH_ZCHUNK")
+endif ()
+
 if(ENABLE_RHSM_SUPPORT)
     pkg_check_modules(RHSM REQUIRED librhsm>=0.0.3)
     include_directories(${RHSM_INCLUDE_DIRS})