--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2292,7 +2292,11 @@
     fi
 
 # Check for lz4
-enable_liblz4="yes"
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(lz4,
+       AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-lz4], [Enable compressed pcap logging using liblz4]),
+       [enable_liblz4=$enableval],
+       [enable_liblz4=yes])
+if test "x$enable_liblz4" != "xno"; then
 AC_CHECK_LIB(lz4, LZ4F_createCompressionContext, , enable_liblz4="no")
 
 if test "$enable_liblz4" = "no"; then
@@ -2306,6 +2310,7 @@
     echo "               yum install lz4-devel"
     echo
 fi
+fi
 
 # get cache line size
     AC_PATH_PROG(HAVE_GETCONF_CMD, getconf, "no")