diff --git a/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt b/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c17f04de..4e5dd98d2 100644
--- a/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/backends/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ colormsg(_HIBLUE_ "Configuring SOCI database backends:")
 # First, we'll investigate what can be found from database engines
 foreach(dep ${SOCI_BACKENDS_DB_DEPENDENCIES})
 	string(TOUPPER ${dep} depUP)
-	find_package(${dep})
+	if (WITH_${depUP})
+		find_package(${dep})
+	endif()
 	if(${dep}_FOUND OR ${depUP}_FOUND)
 		set(${depUP}_FOUND ON)
 	else()