--- a/auto/options
+++ b/auto/options
@@ -165,6 +165,7 @@ USE_PERL=NO
 NGX_PERL=perl
 
 USE_LIBXSLT=NO
+USE_LIBEXSLT=NO
 USE_LIBGD=NO
 USE_GEOIP=NO
 
@@ -370,6 +371,7 @@ use the \"--with-mail_ssl_module\" optio
         --with-pcre-opt=*)               PCRE_OPT="$value"          ;;
         --with-pcre-jit)                 PCRE_JIT=YES               ;;
         --without-pcre2)                 PCRE2=DISABLED             ;;
+        --with-libexslt)                 USE_LIBEXSLT=YES           ;;
 
         --with-openssl=*)                OPENSSL="$value"           ;;
         --with-openssl-opt=*)            OPENSSL_OPT="$value"       ;;
--- a/auto/lib/libxslt/conf
+++ b/auto/lib/libxslt/conf
@@ -96,6 +96,8 @@ END
 fi
 
 
+if [ $USE_LIBEXSLT = YES ]; then
+
     ngx_feature="libexslt"
     ngx_feature_name=NGX_HAVE_EXSLT
     ngx_feature_run=no
@@ -163,3 +165,4 @@ if [ $ngx_found = yes ]; then
 
     NGX_LIB_LIBXSLT="$NGX_LIB_LIBXSLT -lexslt"
 fi
+fi