diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5bf1bcbb2..5cd013b2b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 - Dev: Add GitHub action to test builds without precompiled headers enabled. (#3327)
 - Dev: Renamed CMake's build option `USE_SYSTEM_QT5KEYCHAIN` to `USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN`. (#3103)
 - Dev: Add benchmarks that can be compiled with the `BUILD_BENCHMARKS` CMake flag. Off by default. (#3038)
+- Dev: Added CMake build option `BUILD_WITH_QTKEYCHAIN` to build with or without Qt5Keychain support (On by default). (#3318)
 
 ## 2.3.4
 
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b5e7a470..9d4d2498a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ option(BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Build the benchmarks for Chatterino" OFF)
 option(USE_SYSTEM_PAJLADA_SETTINGS "Use system pajlada settings library" OFF)
 option(USE_SYSTEM_LIBCOMMUNI "Use system communi library" OFF)
 option(USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN "Use system QtKeychain library" OFF)
+option(BUILD_WITH_QTKEYCHAIN "Build Chatterino with support for your system key chain" ON)
 option(USE_PRECOMPILED_HEADERS "Use precompiled headers" ON)
 option(BUILD_WITH_QT6 "Use Qt6 instead of default Qt5" OFF)
 
@@ -77,20 +78,21 @@ else()
     add_subdirectory("${LIBCOMMUNI_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER}" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
 endif()
 
-# Link QtKeychain statically
-option(QTKEYCHAIN_STATIC "" ON)
+if (BUILD_WITH_QTKEYCHAIN)
+    # Link QtKeychain statically
+    option(QTKEYCHAIN_STATIC "" ON)
+    if (USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN)
+        find_package(Qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}Keychain REQUIRED)
+    else()
+        set(QTKEYCHAIN_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/qtkeychain")
+        if (NOT EXISTS "${QTKEYCHAIN_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER}/CMakeLists.txt")
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "Submodules probably not loaded, unable to find lib/qtkeychain/CMakeLists.txt")
+        endif()
 
-if (USE_SYSTEM_QTKEYCHAIN)
-    find_package(Qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}Keychain REQUIRED)
-else()
-    set(QTKEYCHAIN_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/lib/qtkeychain")
-    if (NOT EXISTS "${QTKEYCHAIN_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER}/CMakeLists.txt")
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "Submodules probably not loaded, unable to find lib/qtkeychain/CMakeLists.txt")
-    endif()
-
-    add_subdirectory("${QTKEYCHAIN_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER}" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
-    if (NOT TARGET qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}keychain)
-        message(FATAL_ERROR "qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}keychain target was not created :@")
+        add_subdirectory("${QTKEYCHAIN_ROOT_LIB_FOLDER}" EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+        if (NOT TARGET qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}keychain)
+            message(FATAL_ERROR "qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}keychain target was not created :@")
+        endif()
     endif()
 endif()
 
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 8b62babf7..37fb9f4a5 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -492,7 +492,6 @@ target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_PROJECT}
         Qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}::Concurrent
 
         LibCommuni::LibCommuni
-        qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}keychain
         Pajlada::Serialize
         Pajlada::Settings
         Pajlada::Signals
@@ -501,6 +500,17 @@ target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_PROJECT}
         RapidJSON::RapidJSON
         LRUCache
         )
+if (BUILD_WITH_QTKEYCHAIN)
+    target_link_libraries(${LIBRARY_PROJECT}
+            PUBLIC
+            qt${MAJOR_QT_VERSION}keychain
+            )
+else()
+    target_compile_definitions(${LIBRARY_PROJECT}
+        PUBLIC
+        NO_QTKEYCHAIN
+        )
+endif()
 
 if (BUILD_APP)
     add_executable(${EXECUTABLE_PROJECT} main.cpp)
diff --git a/src/common/Credentials.cpp b/src/common/Credentials.cpp
index 42ffb481f..5913e0d03 100644
--- a/src/common/Credentials.cpp
+++ b/src/common/Credentials.cpp
@@ -9,10 +9,12 @@
 #include <QJsonDocument>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 
-#ifdef CMAKE_BUILD
-#    include "qt5keychain/keychain.h"
-#else
-#    include "keychain.h"
+#ifndef NO_QTKEYCHAIN
+#    ifdef CMAKE_BUILD
+#        include "qt5keychain/keychain.h"
+#    else
+#        include "keychain.h"
+#    endif
 #endif
 #include <QSaveFile>
 #include <boost/variant.hpp>
@@ -28,6 +30,9 @@ namespace chatterino {
 namespace {
     bool useKeyring()
     {
+#ifdef NO_QTKEYCHAIN
+        return false;
+#endif
         if (getPaths()->isPortable())
         {
             return false;
@@ -104,6 +109,7 @@ namespace {
 
     static void runNextJob()
     {
+#ifndef NO_QTKEYCHAIN
         auto &&queue = jobQueue();
 
         if (!queue.empty())
@@ -140,6 +146,7 @@ namespace {
 
             queue.pop();
         }
+#endif
     }
 
     static void queueJob(Job &&job)
@@ -174,6 +181,8 @@ void Credentials::get(const QString &provider, const QString &name_,
 
     if (useKeyring())
     {
+#ifndef NO_QTKEYCHAIN
+        // if NO_QTKEYCHAIN is set, then this code is never used either way
         auto job = new QKeychain::ReadPasswordJob("chatterino");
         job->setAutoDelete(true);
         job->setKey(name);
@@ -184,6 +193,7 @@ void Credentials::get(const QString &provider, const QString &name_,
             },
             Qt::DirectConnection);
         job->start();
+#endif
     }
     else
     {
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/AboutPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/AboutPage.cpp
index 73b392143..81b9b54fc 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/AboutPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/AboutPage.cpp
@@ -140,9 +140,11 @@ AboutPage::AboutPage()
             addLicense(form.getElement(), "Websocketpp",
                        "https://www.zaphoyd.com/websocketpp/",
                        ":/licenses/websocketpp.txt");
+#ifndef NO_QTKEYCHAIN
             addLicense(form.getElement(), "QtKeychain",
                        "https://github.com/frankosterfeld/qtkeychain",
                        ":/licenses/qtkeychain.txt");
+#endif
             addLicense(form.getElement(), "lrucache",
                        "https://github.com/lamerman/cpp-lru-cache",
                        ":/licenses/lrucache.txt");
diff --git a/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp b/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
index 639945ca1..e4ea2680b 100644
--- a/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
+++ b/src/widgets/settingspages/GeneralPage.cpp
@@ -584,7 +584,7 @@ void GeneralPage::initLayout(GeneralPageView &layout)
 
     layout.addCheckbox("Restart on crash", s.restartOnCrash);
 
-#ifdef Q_OS_LINUX
+#if defined(Q_OS_LINUX) && !defined(NO_QTKEYCHAIN)
     if (!getPaths()->isPortable())
     {
         layout.addCheckbox(