diff --git a/tiny_gltf.h b/tiny_gltf.h
index 2fd3e90..3ce808d 100644
--- a/tiny_gltf.h
+++ b/tiny_gltf.h
@@ -1538,6 +1538,7 @@ class TinyGLTF {
 #ifndef TINYGLTF_USE_RAPIDJSON
 #include "json.hpp"
 #else
+#ifndef TINYGLTF_NO_INCLUDE_RAPIDJSON
 #include "document.h"
 #include "prettywriter.h"
 #include "rapidjson.h"
@@ -1545,6 +1546,7 @@ class TinyGLTF {
 #include "writer.h"
 #endif
 #endif
+#endif
 
 #ifdef TINYGLTF_ENABLE_DRACO
 #include "draco/compression/decode.h"