diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 472f0f07d..bee48a588 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ option( CPP-NETLIB_BUILD_TESTS "Build the unit tests." ON )
 option( CPP-NETLIB_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build the examples using cpp-netlib." ON )
 option( CPP-NETLIB_ALWAYS_LOGGING "Allow cpp-netlib to log debug messages even in non-debug mode." OFF )
 option( CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LOGGING "Disable logging definitely, no logging code will be generated or compiled." OFF )
+option( CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX "Disable using libc++ when compiling with clang." OFF )
 
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR})
@@ -51,8 +52,13 @@ elseif(${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES Clang)
   INCLUDE(CheckCXXCompilerFlag)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-std=c++11 HAVE_STD11)
   if (HAVE_STD11)
-    list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -Wall")
-    list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+    if (CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX)
+      list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -Wall")
+      list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "-std=c++11")
+    else()
+      list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ -Wall")
+      list(APPEND CMAKE_CXX_LINK_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+    endif()
   else()
     message(FATAL_ERROR "No C++11 support for Clang version. Please upgrade Clang to a version supporting C++11.")
   endif()
@@ -81,6 +87,7 @@ message(STATUS "  CPP-NETLIB_BUILD_TESTS:       ${CPP-NETLIB_BUILD_TESTS}\t(Buil
 message(STATUS "  CPP-NETLIB_BUILD_EXAMPLES:    ${CPP-NETLIB_BUILD_EXAMPLES}\t(Build the examples using cpp-netlib: ON, OFF)")
 message(STATUS "  CPP-NETLIB_ALWAYS_LOGGING:    ${CPP-NETLIB_ALWAYS_LOGGING}\t(Allow cpp-netlib to log debug messages even in non-debug mode: ON, OFF)")
 message(STATUS "  CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LOGGING:   ${CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LOGGING}\t(Disable logging definitely, no logging code will be generated or compiled: ON, OFF)")
+message(STATUS "  CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX:    ${CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX}\t(Disable using libc++ when building with clang: ON, OFF)")
 message(STATUS "CMake build options selected:")
 
 ############################################################################
diff --git a/concurrency/src/CMakeLists.txt b/concurrency/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4661a0d89..8444e2d74 100644
--- a/concurrency/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/concurrency/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ if (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES GNU)
   set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
 elseif (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES Clang)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-std=c++11 HAVE_STD11)
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  if (CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX)
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
+  else()
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(CPP-NETLIB_CONCURRENCY_SRCS thread_pool.cpp)
diff --git a/http/src/CMakeLists.txt b/http/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 5c7ee9379..492c631c8 100644
--- a/http/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/http/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,8 +26,11 @@ if (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES GNU)
   endif()
 elseif (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES Clang)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-std=c++11 HAVE_STD11)
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  if (CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX)
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
+  else()
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 set(CPP-NETLIB_HTTP_MESSAGE_SRCS http/request.cpp http/response.cpp)
diff --git a/logging/src/CMakeLists.txt b/logging/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0eca48291..5b2ded133 100644
--- a/logging/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/logging/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ if (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES GNU)
   set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
 elseif (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES Clang)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-std=c++11 HAVE_STD11)
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  if (CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX)
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
+  else()
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 include_directories(${CPP-NETLIB_SOURCE_DIR}/logging/src)
diff --git a/message/src/CMakeLists.txt b/message/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 4971eaeda..7ba68a855 100644
--- a/message/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/message/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ if (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES GNU)
   set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
 elseif (${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID} MATCHES Clang)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG(-std=c++11 HAVE_STD11)
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
-  set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  if (CPP-NETLIB_DISABLE_LIBCXX)
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11")
+  else()
+    set(CPP-NETLIB_CXXFLAGS "-Wall -std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++")
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 include_directories(${CPP-NETLIB_SOURCE_DIR}/uri/src ${CPP-NETLIB_SOURCE_DIR}/message/src)