diff --git a/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake b/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
index 5a2bcf85..7f6e07e4 100644
--- a/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
+++ b/cmake/FindLuaJIT.cmake
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 # 2010 - modified for cronkite to find luajit instead of lua, as it was before.
 #
 
+if(WITH_LUAJIT)
 FIND_PATH(LUAJIT_INCLUDE_DIR lua.h
   HINTS
   $ENV{LUAJIT_DIR}
@@ -58,6 +59,7 @@ FIND_LIBRARY(LUAJIT_LIBRARY
   /opt/csw
   /opt
 )
+endif()
 
 IF(LUAJIT_LIBRARY)
   IF(UNIX AND NOT APPLE)