diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aefa6be..f8f135b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ if (!ret) {
 ## Compile options
 
 * `TINYGLTF_NOEXCEPTION` : Disable C++ exception in JSON parsing. You can use `-fno-exceptions` or by defining the symbol `JSON_NOEXCEPTION` and `TINYGLTF_NOEXCEPTION`  to fully remove C++ exception codes when compiling TinyGLTF.
+* `TINYGLTF_NO_STB_IMAGE` : Do not load images with stb_image. Instead use `TinyGLTF::SetImageLoader(LoadimageDataFunction LoadImageData, void *user_data)` to set a callback for loading images.
 
 ### Saving gltTF 2.0 model
 
diff --git a/tiny_gltf.h b/tiny_gltf.h
index 7da365d..7d26b95 100644
--- a/tiny_gltf.h
+++ b/tiny_gltf.h
@@ -730,10 +730,12 @@ enum SectionCheck {
 ///
 typedef bool (*LoadImageDataFunction)(Image *, std::string *, int, int, const unsigned char *, int, void *);
 
+#ifndef TINYGLTF_NO_STB_IMAGE
 // Declaration of default image loader callback
 static bool LoadImageData(Image *image, std::string *err, int req_width,
                           int req_height, const unsigned char *bytes,
                           int size, void*);
+#endif
 
 class TinyGLTF {
  public:
@@ -869,7 +871,11 @@ class TinyGLTF {
 #endif
 
 #include "./json.hpp"
+
+#ifndef TINYGLTF_NO_STB_IMAGE
 #include "./stb_image.h"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __clang__
 #pragma clang diagnostic pop
 #endif
@@ -1186,6 +1192,7 @@ void TinyGLTF::SetImageLoader(LoadImageDataFunction func, void *user_data) {
     load_image_user_data_ = user_data;
 }
 
+#ifndef TINYGLTF_NO_STB_IMAGE
 static bool LoadImageData(Image *image, std::string *err, int req_width,
                           int req_height, const unsigned char *bytes,
                           int size, void*) {
@@ -1242,6 +1249,7 @@ static bool LoadImageData(Image *image, std::string *err, int req_width,
 
   return true;
 }
+#endif
 
 static bool IsDataURI(const std::string &in) {
   std::string header = "data:application/octet-stream;base64,";