diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ce78a9d..3cd51e0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,18 +8,21 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR})
 # Common configuration
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 20)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
-
-# Setup Conan
-if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake")
-    message(STATUS "Downloading conan.cmake from https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan")
-    file(DOWNLOAD "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/0.18.1/conan.cmake"
-            "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake"
-            TLS_VERIFY ON)
-endif()
-include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake)
-
-conan_cmake_autodetect(settings)
-conan_cmake_install(PATH_OR_REFERENCE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} BUILD missing SETTINGS ${settings})
+set(USE_CONAN ON CACHE BOOL "Use conan for dependency managment")
+
+if(USE_CONAN)
+    # Setup Conan
+    if(NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake")
+        message(STATUS "Downloading conan.cmake from https://github.com/conan-io/cmake-conan")
+        file(DOWNLOAD "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/conan-io/cmake-conan/0.18.1/conan.cmake"
+                "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake"
+                TLS_VERIFY ON)
+    endif()
+    include(${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/conan.cmake)
+
+    conan_cmake_autodetect(settings)
+    conan_cmake_install(PATH_OR_REFERENCE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} BUILD missing SETTINGS ${settings})
+endif ()
 
 # Setup Qt
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)