diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
index 5d8b6f0..27b4698 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_engine.hpp
@@ -36,12 +36,13 @@
 #include <unistd.h>
 #endif
 
-#if defined(_POSIX_VERSION) && !defined(__CYGWIN__) 
+#if !defined(CHAISCRIPT_NO_DYNLOAD) && defined(_POSIX_VERSION) && !defined(__CYGWIN__)
 #include <dlfcn.h>
 #endif
 
-
-#ifdef CHAISCRIPT_WINDOWS
+#if defined(CHAISCRIPT_NO_DYNLOAD)
+#include "chaiscript_unknown.hpp"
+#elif defined(CHAISCRIPT_WINDOWS)
 #include "chaiscript_windows.hpp"
 #elif _POSIX_VERSION
 #include "chaiscript_posix.hpp"
diff --git a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_unknown.hpp b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_unknown.hpp
index 9e1d7af..8fc1d49 100644
--- a/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_unknown.hpp
+++ b/include/chaiscript/language/chaiscript_unknown.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,11 @@ namespace chaiscript
     {
       Loadable_Module(const std::string &, const std::string &)
       {
+#ifdef CHAISCRIPT_NO_DYNLOAD
+        throw chaiscript::exception::load_module_error("Loadable module support was disabled (CHAISCRIPT_NO_DYNLOAD)");
+#else
         throw chaiscript::exception::load_module_error("Loadable module support not available for your platform");
+#endif
       }
 
       ModulePtr m_moduleptr;