diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dee09ae..b751d47 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.0)
 project(openFPGALoader VERSION 0.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 option(BUILD_STATIC "Whether or not to build with static libraries" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_UDEV "use udev to search JTAG adapter from /dev/xx" ON)
 
 ## specify the C++ standard
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 11)
@@ -23,7 +24,16 @@ add_definitions(-DDATA_DIR=\"${CMAKE_INSTALL_FULL_DATAROOTDIR}\")
 find_package(PkgConfig REQUIRED)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBFTDI REQUIRED libftdi1)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBUSB REQUIRED libusb-1.0)
-pkg_check_modules(LIBUDEV REQUIRED libudev)
+
+if(ENABLE_UDEV)
+	pkg_check_modules(LIBUDEV libudev)
+	if (LIBUDEV_FOUND)
+		add_definitions(-DUSE_UDEV)
+	else()
+		message("libudev not found, disabling udev support and -d parameter")
+		set(ENABLE_UDEV OFF)
+	endif()
+endif()
 
 # for non glibc, argp-standalone is required and must be
 # explicitly linked. This code will fail for others libc
@@ -92,17 +102,21 @@ add_executable(openFPGALoader
 	${OPENFPGALOADER_HEADERS}
 )
 
-include_directories(${LIBUDEV_INCLUDE_DIRS}
+include_directories(
 	${LIBUSB_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 	${LIBFTDI_INCLUDE_DIRS}
 )
 
 target_link_libraries(openFPGALoader
-	${LIBUDEV_LIBRARIES}
 	${LIBUSB_LIBRARIES}
 	${LIBFTDI_LIBRARIES}
 )
 
+if(ENABLE_UDEV)
+include_directories(${LIBUDEV_INCLUDE_DIRS})
+target_link_libraries(openFPGALoader ${LIBUDEV_LIBRARIES})
+endif()
+
 if(NOT HAVE_ARGP)
 	target_link_libraries(openFPGALoader /usr/lib/libargp.a)
 endif()
diff --git a/INSTALL.md b/INSTALL.md
index ce44661..4780f7e 100644
--- a/INSTALL.md
+++ b/INSTALL.md
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 $ mkdir build
 $ cd build
 $ cmake ../ # add -DBUILD_STATIC=ON to build a static version
+            # add -DENABLE_UDEV=OFF to disable udev support and -d /dev/xxx
 $ cmake --build .
 or
 $ make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 610dde1..15deb98 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -36,6 +36,12 @@ depending of the distribution, headers too)
 ```bash
 apt-get install libftdi1-2 libftdi1-dev libudev-dev cmake
 ```
+**libudev-dev** is optional, may be replaced by **eudev-dev** or just not installed.
+
+By default, **(e)udev** support is enabled (used to open a device by his */dev/xx*
+node). If you don't want this option, use:
+
+```-DENABLE_UDEV=OFF```
 
 For distributions using non-glibc (musl, uClibc) **argp-standalone** must be
 installed.
@@ -47,6 +53,7 @@ To build the app:
 $ mkdir build
 $ cd build
 $ cmake ../ # add -DBUILD_STATIC=ON to build a static version
+            # add -DENABLE_UDEV=OFF to disable udev support and -d /dev/xxx
 $ cmake --build .
 or
 $ make -j$(nproc)
diff --git a/src/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp b/src/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp
index 85c49d6..c157826 100644
--- a/src/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp
+++ b/src/ftdipp_mpsse.cpp
@@ -7,7 +7,9 @@
 
 #include <iostream>
 
+#ifdef USE_UDEV
 #include <libudev.h>
+#endif
 #include <libusb.h>
 
 #include "ftdipp_mpsse.hpp"
@@ -346,6 +348,7 @@ int FTDIpp_MPSSE::mpsse_read(unsigned char *rx_buff, int len)
 	return num_read;
 }
 
+#ifdef USE_UDEV
 unsigned int FTDIpp_MPSSE::udevstufftoint(const char *udevstring, int base)
 {
 	char *endp;
@@ -436,3 +439,16 @@ bool FTDIpp_MPSSE::search_with_dev(const string &device)
 
 	return true;
 }
+#else
+unsigned int FTDIpp_MPSSE::udevstufftoint(const char *udevstring, int base)
+{
+	(void)udevstring;
+	(void)base;
+	return 0;
+}
+bool FTDIpp_MPSSE::search_with_dev(const string &device)
+{
+	(void)device;
+	return false;
+}
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 122d520..5a2a381 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ static struct argp_option options[] = {
 	{"list-cables", LIST_CABLE, 0, 0, "list all supported cables"},
 	{"board",   'b', "BOARD", 0, "board name, may be used instead of cable"},
 	{"list-boards", LIST_BOARD, 0, 0, "list all supported boards"},
+#ifdef USE_UDEV
 	{"device",  'd', "DEVICE", 0, "device to use (/dev/ttyUSBx)"},
+#endif
 	{"list-fpga", LIST_FPGA, 0, 0, "list all supported FPGA"},
 	{"detect", DETECT, 0, 0, "detect FPGA"},
 	{"write-flash", 'f', 0, 0,
@@ -215,9 +217,11 @@ static error_t parse_opt(int key, char *arg, struct argp_state *state)
 	case 'r':
 		arguments->reset = true;
 		break;
+#ifdef USE_UDEV
 	case 'd':
 		arguments->device = arg;
 		break;
+#endif
 	case 'v':
 		arguments->verbose = true;
 		break;