diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e5f5724cde..0f28b2e15b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -204,6 +204,7 @@ option(USE_GLOG "Use GLOG" OFF)
 option(USE_LEVELDB "Use LEVELDB" OFF)
 option(USE_LITE_PROTO "Use lite protobuf instead of full." OFF)
 option(USE_LMDB "Use LMDB" OFF)
+option(USE_MAGMA "Use MAGMA" ON)
 option(USE_METAL "Use Metal for Caffe2 iOS build" ON)
 option(USE_PYTORCH_METAL "Use Metal for PyTorch iOS build" OFF)
 option(USE_NATIVE_ARCH "Use -march=native" OFF)
diff --git a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
index 81f945bc77d..01558ae162c 100644
--- a/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Dependencies.cmake
@@ -1578,7 +1578,9 @@ if(NOT INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE)
 
   set(CUDA_ATTACH_VS_BUILD_RULE_TO_CUDA_FILE OFF)
 
-  find_package(MAGMA)
+  if(USE_MAGMA)
+    find_package(MAGMA)
+  endif()
   if((USE_CUDA OR USE_ROCM) AND MAGMA_FOUND)
     include_directories(SYSTEM ${MAGMA_INCLUDE_DIR})
     if(USE_CUDA)
@@ -1602,8 +1604,14 @@ if(NOT INTERN_BUILD_MOBILE)
     message(STATUS "MAGMA INCLUDE DIRECTORIES: ${MAGMA_INCLUDE_DIR}")
     message(STATUS "MAGMA LIBRARIES: ${MAGMA_LIBRARIES}")
     message(STATUS "MAGMA V2 check: ${MAGMA_V2}")
+  elseif(USE_MAGMA)
+    message(WARNING
+      "Not compiling with MAGMA. Suppress this warning with "
+      "-DUSE_MAGMA=OFF.")
+    caffe2_update_option(USE_MAGMA OFF)
   else()
     message(STATUS "MAGMA not found. Compiling without MAGMA support")
+    caffe2_update_option(USE_MAGMA OFF)
   endif()
 
   # ARM specific flags