diff --git a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
index ac3dbc079a..083a3bf31f 100644
--- a/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/contrib/buildsystems/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,14 +43,23 @@ NOTE: By default CMake uses Makefile as the build tool on Linux and Visual Studi
 to use another tool say `ninja` add this to the command line when configuring.
 `-G Ninja`
 
+NOTE: By default CMake will install vcpkg locally to your source tree on configuration,
+to avoid this, add `-DNO_VCPKG=TRUE` to the command line when configuring.
+
 ]]
 cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.14)
 
 #set the source directory to root of git
 set(CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR ${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/../..)
-if(WIN32)
+
+option(USE_VCPKG "Whether or not to use vcpkg for obtaining dependencies.  Only applicable to Windows platforms" ON)
+if(NOT WIN32)
+	set(USE_VCPKG OFF CACHE BOOL FORCE)
+endif()
+
+if(USE_VCPKG)
 	set(VCPKG_DIR "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg")
-	if(MSVC AND NOT EXISTS ${VCPKG_DIR})
+	if(NOT EXISTS ${VCPKG_DIR})
 		message("Initializing vcpkg and building the Git's dependencies (this will take a while...)")
 		execute_process(COMMAND ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg_install.bat)
 	endif()
@@ -174,7 +183,9 @@ endif()
 
 find_program(MSGFMT_EXE msgfmt)
 if(NOT MSGFMT_EXE)
-	set(MSGFMT_EXE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/msgfmt.exe)
+	if (USE_VCPKG)
+		set(MSGFMT_EXE ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/downloads/tools/msys2/msys64/usr/bin/msgfmt.exe)
+	endif()
 	if(NOT EXISTS ${MSGFMT_EXE})
 		message(WARNING "Text Translations won't be built")
 		unset(MSGFMT_EXE)
@@ -956,7 +967,7 @@ file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "X='${EXE_EXTENSION}'\n")
 file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "NO_GETTEXT='${NO_GETTEXT}'\n")
 file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "RUNTIME_PREFIX='${RUNTIME_PREFIX}'\n")
 file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "NO_PYTHON='${NO_PYTHON}'\n")
-if(WIN32)
+if(USE_VCPKG)
 	file(APPEND ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS "PATH=\"$PATH:$TEST_DIRECTORY/../compat/vcbuild/vcpkg/installed/x64-windows/bin\"\n")
 endif()