diff --git a/menu/menu_displaylist.c b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
index e37375de44..83c11a964d 100644
--- a/menu/menu_displaylist.c
+++ b/menu/menu_displaylist.c
@@ -2962,11 +2962,13 @@ static int menu_displaylist_parse_options(
          MENU_ENUM_LABEL_UPDATE_CORE_INFO_FILES,
          MENU_SETTING_ACTION, 0, 0);
 
+#ifdef HAVE_UPDATE_ASSETS
    menu_entries_append_enum(info->list,
          msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_UPDATE_ASSETS),
          msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_UPDATE_ASSETS),
          MENU_ENUM_LABEL_UPDATE_ASSETS,
          MENU_SETTING_ACTION, 0, 0);
+#endif
 
    menu_entries_append_enum(info->list,
          msg_hash_to_str(MENU_ENUM_LABEL_VALUE_UPDATE_AUTOCONFIG_PROFILES),
diff --git a/qb/config.params.sh b/qb/config.params.sh
index 06b9b48b6a..29096be19a 100644
--- a/qb/config.params.sh
+++ b/qb/config.params.sh
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ HAVE_SSE=no                # x86 SSE optimizations (SSE, SSE2)
 HAVE_FLOATHARD=no          # Force hard float ABI (for ARM)
 HAVE_FLOATSOFTFP=no        # Force soft float ABI (for ARM)
 HAVE_7ZIP=yes              # Compile in 7z support
+HAVE_UPDATE_ASSETS=yes     # Disable downloading assets with online updater
 HAVE_PRESERVE_DYLIB=no     # Enable dlclose() for Valgrind support
 HAVE_PARPORT=auto          # Parallel port joypad support
 HAVE_IMAGEVIEWER=yes       # Built-in image viewer support.