diff --git a/external/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt b/external/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b32f41..2a09508 100644
--- a/external/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/external/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -7,7 +7,12 @@
 add_library(external_webrtc INTERFACE IMPORTED GLOBAL)
 add_library(desktop-app::external_webrtc ALIAS external_webrtc)
 
-set(webrtc_loc ${libs_loc}/webrtc/src)
+if (DESKTOP_APP_WEBRTC_LOCATION)
+    set(webrtc_loc ${DESKTOP_APP_WEBRTC_LOCATION})
+else()
+    set(webrtc_loc ${libs_loc}/webrtc/src)
+endif()
+
 set(webrtc_build_loc ${webrtc_loc}/out/$<CONFIG>/obj)
 
 target_compile_definitions(external_webrtc
diff --git a/variables.cmake b/variables.cmake
index eb913e6..94a7244 100644
--- a/variables.cmake
+++ b/variables.cmake
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ option(DESKTOP_APP_DISABLE_CRASH_REPORTS "Disable crash report generation." ${no
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_PACKAGED_FFMPEG_STATIC "Link found ffmpeg statically." OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_HUNSPELL_ONLY "Disable system spellchecker and use bundled Hunspell only. (For debugging purposes)" OFF)
 option(DESKTOP_APP_USE_ENCHANT "Use Enchant instead of bundled Hunspell. (Linux only)" OFF)
+set(DESKTOP_APP_WEBRTC_LOCATION "" CACHE STRING "WebRTC source root location.")
 
 option(DESKTOP_APP_ENABLE_IPO_OPTIMIZATIONS "Enable IPO build optimizations." ${WIN32})
 if (DESKTOP_APP_ENABLE_IPO_OPTIMIZATIONS AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID MATCHES "Clang")