diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 524487083..3b0387ba4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu = { version = "0.4", path = "x86_64" }
 [features]
 debug = ["impl-debug"]
 everything = []
+external-lib = []
 impl-debug = []
 impl-default = []
 std = []
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
index 622050495..2e3884726 100644
--- a/build.rs
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -469,25 +469,27 @@ impl Graph {
         }
     }
     fn emit_libraries(&self) {
-        let mut libs = self.0.iter().filter(|&(_, header)| {
-            header.included.get()
-        }).flat_map(|(_, header)| {
-            header.libraries.iter()
-        }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
-        libs.sort();
-        libs.dedup();
-        // FIXME Temporary hacks until build script is redesigned.
-        libs.retain(|&&lib| match &*var("TARGET").unwrap() {
-            "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc" | "aarch64-uwp-windows-msvc" | "thumbv7a-pc-windows-msvc" => {
-                if lib == "opengl32" { false }
-                else { true }
-            },
-            _ => true,
-        });
-        let prefix = library_prefix();
-        let kind = library_kind();
-        for lib in libs {
-            println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}={}{}", kind, prefix, lib);
+        if var("CARGO_FEATURE_EXTERNAL_LIB").is_err() {
+            let mut libs = self.0.iter().filter(|&(_, header)| {
+                header.included.get()
+            }).flat_map(|(_, header)| {
+                header.libraries.iter()
+            }).collect::<Vec<_>>();
+            libs.sort();
+            libs.dedup();
+            // FIXME Temporary hacks until build script is redesigned.
+            libs.retain(|&&lib| match &*var("TARGET").unwrap() {
+                "aarch64-pc-windows-msvc" | "aarch64-uwp-windows-msvc" | "thumbv7a-pc-windows-msvc" => {
+                    if lib == "opengl32" { false }
+                    else { true }
+                },
+                _ => true,
+            });
+            let prefix = library_prefix();
+            let kind = library_kind();
+            for lib in libs {
+                println!("cargo:rustc-link-lib={}={}{}", kind, prefix, lib);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/tests/code_checkers/check_features.rs b/tests/code_checkers/check_features.rs
index 6831fc2d3..a8cf25d7e 100644
--- a/tests/code_checkers/check_features.rs
+++ b/tests/code_checkers/check_features.rs
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ fn check_missing_features_in_cargo_file(build_features: &[String],
                                         cargo_features: &[String],
                                         errors: &mut u32) {
     const FEATURES_TO_IGNORE: &'static [&'static str] = &[
-        "debug", "everything", "impl-debug", "impl-default", "std",
+        "debug", "everything", "external-lib", "impl-debug", "impl-default", "std",
     ];
     let mut it1 = 0;
     let mut it2 = 0;