--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ include(EnableCcache)
 # Configuration
 #

+option(HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND "Enable HTTP remote storage" OFF)
 option(REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND "Enable Redis remote storage" ON)
 option(ENABLE_TESTING "Enable tests" ON)

@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ message(STATUS)
 message(STATUS "Configuration summary:")
 message(STATUS "  Storage backends:")
 message(STATUS "    file  ON")
-message(STATUS "    http  ON")
+message(STATUS "    http  ${HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND}")
 message(STATUS "    redis ${REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND}")
 message(STATUS "  Dependencies:")
 print_dependency_summary("    ")
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ if(FETCHCONTENT_FULLY_DISCONNECTED)
 endif()

 find_package(Blake3 1.4.0 MODULE REQUIRED)
+if(HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND)
 find_package(CppHttplib 0.10.6 MODULE REQUIRED)
+endif()
 find_package(Fmt 8.0.0 MODULE REQUIRED)
 find_package(NonstdSpan 0.10.3 MODULE REQUIRED)
 find_package(TlExpected 1.1.0 MODULE REQUIRED)
--- a/src/ccache/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ccache/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,7 +51,6 @@ target_link_libraries(
     dep_tlexpected
     dep_xxhash
   PRIVATE
-    dep_cpphttplib
     dep_zstd
     standard_settings
     standard_warnings
@@ -65,6 +64,10 @@ endif()
 get_filename_component(SRC_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} DIRECTORY)
 target_include_directories(ccache_framework PUBLIC ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR} ${SRC_DIR})

+if(HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND)
+  target_compile_definitions(ccache_framework PUBLIC -DHAVE_HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND)
+  target_link_libraries(ccache_framework PRIVATE dep_cpphttplib)
+endif()
 if(REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND)
   target_compile_definitions(ccache_framework PUBLIC -DHAVE_REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND)
   target_link_libraries(ccache_framework PRIVATE dep_hiredis)
--- a/src/ccache/storage/Storage.cpp
+++ b/src/ccache/storage/Storage.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@
 #include <ccache/core/Statistic.hpp>
 #include <ccache/core/exceptions.hpp>
 #include <ccache/storage/remote/FileStorage.hpp>
+#ifdef HAVE_HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND
 #include <ccache/storage/remote/HttpStorage.hpp>
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND
 #  include <ccache/storage/remote/RedisStorage.hpp>
 #endif
@@ -52,7 +54,9 @@ const std::unordered_map<std::string /*scheme*/,
                          std::shared_ptr<remote::RemoteStorage>>
   k_remote_storage_implementations = {
     {"file", std::make_shared<remote::FileStorage>()},
+#ifdef HAVE_HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND
     {"http", std::make_shared<remote::HttpStorage>()},
+#endif
 #ifdef HAVE_REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND
     {"redis", std::make_shared<remote::RedisStorage>()},
     {"redis+unix", std::make_shared<remote::RedisStorage>()},
--- a/src/ccache/storage/remote/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/ccache/storage/remote/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 set(
   sources
   FileStorage.cpp
-  HttpStorage.cpp
   RemoteStorage.cpp
 )

+if(HTTP_STORAGE_BACKEND)
+  list(APPEND sources HttpStorage.cpp)
+endif()
 if(REDIS_STORAGE_BACKEND)
   list(APPEND sources RedisStorage.cpp)
 endif()