diff --git a/ref_vk/wscript b/ref_vk/wscript
index 4df3f0d6..0e67741e 100644
--- a/ref_vk/wscript
+++ b/ref_vk/wscript
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ top = '.'
 
 def options(opt):
 	grp = opt.add_option_group('ref_vk options')
+
+	grp.add_option('--disable-vulkan', action='store_false', dest='VK', default=True,
+		help = 'disable vulkan [default: vulkan is enabled]')
+
 	grp.add_option('', '--aftermath', action='store', dest = 'NSIGHT_AFTERMATH_SDK', default = None,
 		help = 'Path to Nvidia Nsight Aftermath SDK (optional)')
 
@@ -17,8 +21,9 @@ def configure(conf):
 	if conf.options.DEDICATED:
 		return
 
-	# Vulkan is not supported on Android yet for CI reasons: requres NDK>12, glslc lookup etc.
-	if conf.env.DEST_OS == 'android':
+	conf.env.VK = conf.options.VK
+
+	if not conf.env.VK:
 		return
 
 	conf.load('glslc')
@@ -55,6 +60,9 @@ def configure(conf):
 	conf.env.GLSLCFLAGS += ['-g']
 
 def build(bld):
+	if not bld.env.VK:
+		return
+
 	libs = [ 'public', 'M' ]
 	defines = []
 	libpath = []
@@ -77,11 +85,8 @@ def build(bld):
 	if bld.env.HAVE_AFTERMATH:
 		defines.append('USE_AFTERMATH')
 		libs.append('AFTERMATH')
-		# includes.append(bld.env.AFTERMATH_INCLUDE)
-		# libs.append(bld.env.AFTERMATH_LIB)
-		# libpath.append(bld.env.AFTERMATH_LIBDIR)
 
-	#bld.env.CFLAGS += ["/WX"]
+	#FIXME bld.env.CFLAGS += ["/WX"]
 
 	bld.shlib(
 		source   = source,
@@ -100,6 +105,6 @@ def build(bld):
 		features = 'glsl',
 		# includes = 'shaders/', # write your includes here
 		# defines = 'TEST', # write your C preprocessor defines here
-		install_path = bld.env.LIBDIR + '/valve' # TEMPORARY!!!!
+		install_path = bld.env.LIBDIR + '/valve' # FIXME TEMPORARY!!!!
 	)
 
diff --git a/wscript b/wscript
index ef0fac93..f6fed8c0 100644
--- a/wscript
+++ b/wscript
@@ -131,11 +131,14 @@ def configure(conf):
 		conf.options.NANOGL = True
 		conf.options.GLWES  = True
 		conf.options.GL     = False
+		# Vulkan is not supported on Android yet for CI reasons: requres NDK>12, glslc lookup etc.
+		conf.options.VK     = False
 	elif conf.env.MAGX:
 		conf.options.USE_SELECT       = True
 		conf.options.SDL12            = True
 		conf.options.NO_VGUI          = True
 		conf.options.GL               = False
+		conf.options.VK               = False
 		conf.options.LOW_MEMORY       = 1
 		conf.options.SINGLE_BINARY    = True
 		conf.options.NO_ASYNC_RESOLVE = True