diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 28a52ed..d70217d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -23,6 +23,12 @@ endif()
 include(cmake/Utils.cmake)
 set(ADDITIONAL_LIB_INCLUDES "")
 
+# ========= Configuration Options =========
+set(EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT FALSE CACHE BOOL "Exclude StormLib and MPQ archive support")
+if(EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT)
+    add_compile_definitions(EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT)
+endif()
+
 # =========== Dependencies =============
 include(cmake/dependencies/common.cmake)
 
diff --git a/cmake/dependencies/common.cmake b/cmake/dependencies/common.cmake
index a2ec37b..116f0f0 100644
--- a/cmake/dependencies/common.cmake
+++ b/cmake/dependencies/common.cmake
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ target_sources(ImGui
 target_include_directories(ImGui PUBLIC ${imgui_SOURCE_DIR} ${imgui_SOURCE_DIR}/backends PRIVATE ${SDL2_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
 # ========= StormLib =============
-if(TRUE)
+if(NOT EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT)
     FetchContent_Declare(
         StormLib
         GIT_REPOSITORY https://github.com/ladislav-zezula/StormLib.git
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index fe9dd42..fb65f57 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,12 +167,14 @@ target_include_directories(libultraship
 )
 
 #=================== Linking ===================
-
-if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-    target_link_libraries(libultraship PUBLIC "$<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,storm>")
-else()
-    target_link_libraries(libultraship PUBLIC storm)
+if(NOT EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT)
+    if (NOT CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
+        target_link_libraries(libultraship PUBLIC "$<LINK_LIBRARY:WHOLE_ARCHIVE,storm>")
+    else()
+        target_link_libraries(libultraship PUBLIC storm)
+    endif()
 endif()
+
 target_link_libraries(libultraship
     PRIVATE StrHash64
     PUBLIC ImGui
diff --git a/src/resource/archive/ArchiveManager.cpp b/src/resource/archive/ArchiveManager.cpp
index 677a282..a4dc8d2 100644
--- a/src/resource/archive/ArchiveManager.cpp
+++ b/src/resource/archive/ArchiveManager.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
 #include "spdlog/spdlog.h"
 
 #include "resource/archive/Archive.h"
+#ifndef EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT
 #include "resource/archive/OtrArchive.h"
+#endif
 #include "resource/archive/O2rArchive.h"
 #include "utils/StringHelper.h"
 #include "utils/glob.h"
@@ -22,7 +24,7 @@ void ArchiveManager::Init(const std::vector<std::string>& archivePaths,
                           const std::unordered_set<uint32_t>& validGameVersions) {
     mValidGameVersions = validGameVersions;
     auto archives = GetArchiveListInPaths(archivePaths);
-    for (const auto archive : archives) {
+    for (const auto& archive : archives) {
         AddArchive(archive);
     }
 }
@@ -149,10 +151,12 @@ std::shared_ptr<Archive> ArchiveManager::AddArchive(const std::string& archivePa
 
     SPDLOG_INFO("Reading archive: {}", path.string());
 
-    if (StringHelper::IEquals(extension, ".zip") || StringHelper::IEquals(extension, ".zip")) {
+    if (StringHelper::IEquals(extension, ".o2r") || StringHelper::IEquals(extension, ".zip")) {
         archive = dynamic_pointer_cast<Archive>(std::make_shared<O2rArchive>(archivePath));
+#ifndef EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT
     } else if (StringHelper::IEquals(extension, ".otr") || StringHelper::IEquals(extension, ".mpq")) {
         archive = dynamic_pointer_cast<Archive>(std::make_shared<OtrArchive>(archivePath));
+#endif
     } else {
         // Not recognized file extension, trying with o2r
         SPDLOG_WARN("File extension \"{}\" not recognized, trying to create an o2r archive.", extension);
diff --git a/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.cpp b/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.cpp
index 2e4d17b..80632dd 100644
--- a/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.cpp
+++ b/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#ifndef EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT
+
 #include "OtrArchive.h"
 
 #include "Context.h"
@@ -100,3 +102,5 @@ bool OtrArchive::Close() {
 }
 
 } // namespace Ship
+
+#endif // EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT
diff --git a/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.h b/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.h
index 63e23a3..99c4a2b 100644
--- a/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.h
+++ b/src/resource/archive/OtrArchive.h
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+#ifndef EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT
+
 #pragma once
 
 #undef _DLL
@@ -35,3 +37,5 @@ class OtrArchive : virtual public Archive {
     HANDLE mHandle;
 };
 } // namespace Ship
+
+#endif // EXCLUDE_MPQ_SUPPORT