diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index dc37b28f6..b14bb2448 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -595,8 +595,7 @@ if(SDL2MIXER_GME)
         set(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "${SDL2MIXER_GME_SHARED}")
         set(ENABLE_UBSAN OFF)
         set(BUILD_FRAMEWORK OFF)
-        set(GME_ZLIB OFF)
-        set(GME_UNRAR OFF)
+        option(GME_ZLIB "Enable GME to support compressed sound formats" OFF)
         message(STATUS "Using vendored libgme")
         sdl_check_project_in_subfolder(external/libgme libgme SDL2MIXER_VENDORED)
         add_subdirectory(external/libgme EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)