diff --git a/build.config b/build.config
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a748c1c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.config
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
+  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
+
+    <!-- yes/no values -->
+    <enable_ffmpeg>yes</enable_ffmpeg>
+    <enable_gl>yes</enable_gl>
+    <enable_sdl>yes</enable_sdl>
+
+  </PropertyGroup>
+</Project>
diff --git a/build/msbuild/config-build.xml b/build/msbuild/config-build.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index 4dbf2fe9..00000000
--- a/build/msbuild/config-build.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
-<Project ToolsVersion="4.0" xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/developer/msbuild/2003">
-  <PropertyGroup Label="Configuration">
-
-    <!-- ======================================== -->
-    <!-- Global Lol Engine Configuration Settings -->
-    <!-- ======================================== -->
-
-    <!-- Use Bullet for our physics solver? -->
-    <UseBullet>true</UseBullet>
-
-  </PropertyGroup>
-</Project>
diff --git a/build/msbuild/lol.config.props b/build/msbuild/lol.config.props
index faa5b5ab..639c9b6e 100644
--- a/build/msbuild/lol.config.props
+++ b/build/msbuild/lol.config.props
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
   <!--
      - Import settings that can be overridden by the user
    -->
-  <Import Project="config-build.xml" />
+  <Import Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\lol\build.config')" Project="$(SolutionDir)\lol\build.config" />
+  <Import Condition="Exists('$(SolutionDir)\build.config')" Project="$(SolutionDir)\build.config" />
 
   <!--
      - Import defaults settings from Visual Studio
diff --git a/build/msbuild/lol.rules.props b/build/msbuild/lol.rules.props
index 395e17de..a7365821 100644
--- a/build/msbuild/lol.rules.props
+++ b/build/msbuild/lol.rules.props
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
     <!-- FIXME: not for the static library! -->
     <PostBuildEvent Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32' Or '$(Platform)'=='x64'">
-      <Command>
+      <Command Condition="'$(enable_sdl)'!='no'">
         set A=$(SdlLibs)
         :again
         for /f "tokens=1* delims=;" %%I in ("%A%") do (
diff --git a/build/msbuild/lol.vars.props b/build/msbuild/lol.vars.props
index 23b339ab..bfbae461 100644
--- a/build/msbuild/lol.vars.props
+++ b/build/msbuild/lol.vars.props
@@ -18,18 +18,6 @@
     <LibGccLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(LibGccDir)\lib\x86_64-w64-mingw32</LibGccLibs>
     <LibGccDeps>libgcc.lib</LibGccDeps>
 
-    <!-- SDL -->
-    <SdlDir>$(ExternalDir)\sdl-2.0.3</SdlDir>
-    <SdlImageDir>$(ExternalDir)\sdl-image-2.0.0</SdlImageDir>
-    <SdlMixerDir>$(ExternalDir)\sdl-mixer-2.0.0</SdlMixerDir>
-    <SdlIncludes>$(SdlDir)\include;$(SdlImageDir)\include;$(SdlMixerDir)\include</SdlIncludes>
-    <SdlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(SdlDir)\lib\i686-w64-mingw32;$(SdlImageDir)\lib\i686-w64-msvc;$(SdlMixerDir)\lib\i686-w64-msvc</SdlLibs>
-    <SdlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(SdlDir)\lib\x86_64-msvc;$(SdlImageDir)\lib\x86_64-msvc;$(SdlMixerDir)\lib\x86_64-msvc</SdlLibs>
-    <SdlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">SDL2.lib;SDL2main.lib;SDL2_image.lib;SDL2_mixer.lib</SdlDeps>
-    <SdlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">SDL2.lib;SDL2main.lib;SDL2_image.lib;SDL2_mixer.lib</SdlDeps>
-    <Win32Defines>HAVE_SDL_H;LOL_USE_SDL;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
-    <Win32Defines>LOL_USE_SDL_MIXER;LOL_USE_SDL_IMAGE;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
-
     <!-- GTK+ & GtkGl -->
     <GtkDir>$(ExternalDir)\gtk-2.22.1</GtkDir>
     <GtkGlDir>$(ExternalDir)\gtkglarea-2.0.1</GtkGlDir>
@@ -37,16 +25,6 @@
     <GtkLibs>$(GtkDir)\lib;$(GtkDir)\bin;$(GtkGlDir)\lib</GtkLibs>
     <GtkDeps>gobject-2.0.lib;gthread-2.0.lib;glib-2.0.lib;gdk-win32-2.0.lib;gtk-win32-2.0.lib;gtkgl-2.0.lib</GtkDeps>
 
-    <!-- FFmpeg -->
-<!--
-    <FfmpegDir>$(ExternalDir)\ffmpeg-20141018</FfmpegDir>
-    <FfmpegIncludes>$(FfmpegDir)\include</FfmpegIncludes>
-    <FfmpegLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(FfmpegDir)\lib\i686-w64-mingw32</FfmpegLibs>
-    <FfmpegLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(FfmpegDir)\lib\x86_64-w64-mingw32</FfmpegLibs>
-    <FfmpegDeps>swscale.lib;avformat.lib;avcodec.lib;swresample.lib;avutil.lib;ws2_32.lib</FfmpegDeps>
-    <Win32Defines>LOL_USE_FFMPEG;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
--->
-
     <!-- Assimp -->
     <AssimpDir>$(ExternalDir)\assimp-3.1.1</AssimpDir>
     <AssimpIncludes>$(AssimpDir)\include</AssimpIncludes>
@@ -69,15 +47,6 @@
     <GdiDeps>Gdiplus.lib</GdiDeps>
     <Win32Defines>LOL_USE_GDIPLUS;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
 
-    <!-- OpenGL & GLEW -->
-    <GlewDir>$(ExternalDir)\glew-1.9.0</GlewDir>
-    <GlIncludes>$(GlewDir)\include</GlIncludes>
-    <GlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(GlewDir)\lib\i686-w64-mingw32</GlLibs>
-    <GlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(GlewDir)\lib\x86_64-w64-mingw32</GlLibs>
-    <GlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">opengl32.lib;glew32s.lib</GlDeps>
-    <GlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">opengl32.lib;glew32s.lib</GlDeps>
-    <Win32Defines>HAVE_GL_2X;LOL_USE_GLEW;GLEW_STATIC;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
-
     <!-- Xinput -->
     <XinputIncludes>$(DXSDK_DIR)\Include</XinputIncludes>
     <XinputLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(DXSDK_DIR)\Lib\x86</XinputLibs>
@@ -91,8 +60,45 @@
     <!-- PS4-specific -->
     <OrbisDefines>HAVE_STDIO_H;
                   $(OrbisDefines)</OrbisDefines>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <!-- OpenGL & GLEW -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(enable_gl)'!='no'" Label="UserMacros">
+    <GlewDir>$(ExternalDir)\glew-1.9.0</GlewDir>
+    <GlIncludes>$(GlewDir)\include</GlIncludes>
+    <GlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(GlewDir)\lib\i686-w64-mingw32</GlLibs>
+    <GlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(GlewDir)\lib\x86_64-w64-mingw32</GlLibs>
+    <GlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">opengl32.lib;glew32s.lib</GlDeps>
+    <GlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">opengl32.lib;glew32s.lib</GlDeps>
+    <Win32Defines>HAVE_GL_2X;LOL_USE_GLEW;GLEW_STATIC;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
   </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- SDL -->
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(enable_sdl)'!='no'" Label="UserMacros">
+    <SdlDir>$(ExternalDir)\sdl-2.0.3</SdlDir>
+    <SdlImageDir>$(ExternalDir)\sdl-image-2.0.0</SdlImageDir>
+    <SdlMixerDir>$(ExternalDir)\sdl-mixer-2.0.0</SdlMixerDir>
+    <SdlIncludes>$(SdlDir)\include;$(SdlImageDir)\include;$(SdlMixerDir)\include</SdlIncludes>
+    <SdlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(SdlDir)\lib\i686-w64-mingw32;$(SdlImageDir)\lib\i686-w64-msvc;$(SdlMixerDir)\lib\i686-w64-msvc</SdlLibs>
+    <SdlLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(SdlDir)\lib\x86_64-msvc;$(SdlImageDir)\lib\x86_64-msvc;$(SdlMixerDir)\lib\x86_64-msvc</SdlLibs>
+    <SdlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">SDL2.lib;SDL2main.lib;SDL2_image.lib;SDL2_mixer.lib</SdlDeps>
+    <SdlDeps Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">SDL2.lib;SDL2main.lib;SDL2_image.lib;SDL2_mixer.lib</SdlDeps>
+    <Win32Defines>HAVE_SDL_H;LOL_USE_SDL;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
+    <Win32Defines>LOL_USE_SDL_MIXER;LOL_USE_SDL_IMAGE;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <!-- FFmpeg -->
+<!--
+  <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(enable_ffmpeg)'!='no'" Label="UserMacros">
+    <FfmpegDir>$(ExternalDir)\ffmpeg-20141018</FfmpegDir>
+    <FfmpegIncludes>$(FfmpegDir)\include</FfmpegIncludes>
+    <FfmpegLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='Win32'">$(FfmpegDir)\lib\i686-w64-mingw32</FfmpegLibs>
+    <FfmpegLibs Condition="'$(Platform)'=='x64'">$(FfmpegDir)\lib\x86_64-w64-mingw32</FfmpegLibs>
+    <FfmpegDeps>swscale.lib;avformat.lib;avcodec.lib;swresample.lib;avutil.lib;ws2_32.lib</FfmpegDeps>
+    <Win32Defines>LOL_USE_FFMPEG;$(Win32Defines)</Win32Defines>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+-->
+
   <PropertyGroup />
 
   <ItemDefinitionGroup />