diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 77d202661..b4eed8bed 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ option(NO_PRINTING "disable the printing support" ON)
 option(NO_USERMANUAL "don't include a viewer for the user manual" OFF)
 option(USE_LIBGIT23_API "allow building with libgit2 master" OFF)
 option(SUBSURFACE_MOBILE "build the QtQuick version for mobile device" OFF)
+option(FBSUPPORT "allow posting to Facebook" ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH
 	${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH}
@@ -160,6 +161,7 @@ endif()
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Android")
 	set(ANDROID_PKG AndroidExtras)
 	set(ANDROID_LIB Qt5::AndroidExtras)
+	set(FBSUPPORT OFF)
 endif()
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Concurrent Widgets Network ${WEBKIT_PKG} ${PRINTING_PKG} Svg Test LinguistTools ${QT_QUICK_PKG} ${ANDROID_PKG} Bluetooth)
 set(QT_LIBRARIES Qt5::Core Qt5::Concurrent Qt5::Widgets Qt5::Network ${WEBKIT_LIB} ${PRINTING_LIB} Qt5::Svg ${QT_QUICK_LIB} ${ANDROID_LIB} Qt5::Bluetooth)
@@ -223,7 +225,6 @@ add_custom_target(
 # set up the different target platforms
 set(PLATFORM_SRC unknown_platform.c)
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Linux")
-	set(FBSUPPORT 1)
 	set(SUBSURFACE_TARGET subsurface)
 	set(PLATFORM_SRC linux.c)
 	# in some builds we appear to be missing libz for some strange reason...
@@ -236,7 +237,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Android")
 	set(SUBSURFACE_TARGET subsurface)
 endif()
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
-	set(FBSUPPORT 1)
 	set(SUBSURFACE_TARGET Subsurface)
 	set(PLATFORM_SRC macos.c)
 	find_library(APP_SERVICES_LIBRARY ApplicationServices)
@@ -254,7 +254,6 @@ if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Darwin")
 	set(SUBSURFACE_PKG MACOSX_BUNDLE ${ICON_FILE})
 endif()
 if(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME STREQUAL "Windows")
-	set(FBSUPPORT 1)
 	set(SUBSURFACE_TARGET subsurface)
 	set(PLATFORM_SRC windows.c)
 	set(SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES ${SUBSURFACE_LINK_LIBRARIES} -lwsock32)
diff --git a/qt-ui/preferences.cpp b/qt-ui/preferences.cpp
index 25638c991..c9c44adc7 100644
--- a/qt-ui/preferences.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/preferences.cpp
@@ -12,11 +12,8 @@
 
 #include "subsurfacewebservices.h"
 
-#if defined(FBSUPPORT)
+#if !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && defined(FBSUPPORT)
 #include "socialnetworks.h"
-#endif
-
-#ifndef Q_OS_ANDROID
 #include <QWebView>
 #endif
 
@@ -79,7 +76,7 @@ PreferencesDialog::PreferencesDialog(QWidget *parent, Qt::WindowFlags f) : QDial
 
 void PreferencesDialog::facebookLoggedIn()
 {
-#ifndef Q_OS_ANDROID
+#if !defined(Q_OS_ANDROID) && defined(FBSUPPORT)
 	// remove the login view and add the disconnect button
 	ui.fbLayout->removeItem(ui.fbLayout->itemAt(1));
 	ui.fbLayout->insertWidget(1, ui.fbConnected, 0);