diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix
index c1b68e4ddba..ae662232ba8 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/default.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, pkgconfig, ncurses, lua, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf,
-SDL2_mixer, freetype, gettext, Cocoa, libicns }:
+SDL2_mixer, freetype, gettext, Cocoa, libicns, tiles ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "0.C";
@@ -13,10 +13,11 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   };
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ libicns ];
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (tiles && stdenv.isDarwin) [ libicns ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses lua SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer freetype gettext ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ Cocoa ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses lua gettext ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals tiles [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer freetype ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (tiles && stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa ];
 
   patches = [ ./patches/fix_locale_dir.patch ];
 
@@ -25,8 +26,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out) LUA=1 TILES=1 SOUND=1 RELEASE=1 USE_HOME_DIR=1"
+    "PREFIX=$(out) LUA=1 RELEASE=1 USE_HOME_DIR=1"
     # "LANGUAGES=all"  # vanilla C:DDA installs all translations even without this flag!
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals tiles [
+    "TILES=1 SOUND=1"
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "NATIVE=osx CLANG=1"
     "OSX_MIN=10.6"  # SDL for macOS only supports deploying on 10.6 and above
@@ -37,12 +40,12 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
     "WARNINGS+=-Wno-inconsistent-missing-override"
   ];
 
-  postBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+  postBuild = stdenv.lib.optionalString (tiles && stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     # iconutil on macOS is not available in nixpkgs
     png2icns data/osx/AppIcon.icns data/osx/AppIcon.iconset/*
   '';
 
-  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (tiles && stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     app=$out/Applications/Cataclysm.app
     install -D -m 444 data/osx/Info.plist -t $app/Contents
     install -D -m 444 data/osx/AppIcon.icns -t $app/Contents/Resources
diff --git a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
index 0f6f5fd7b5e..bad2338b2b8 100644
--- a/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
+++ b/pkgs/games/cataclysm-dda/git.nix
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 { fetchFromGitHub, stdenv, pkgconfig, ncurses, lua, SDL2, SDL2_image, SDL2_ttf,
-SDL2_mixer, freetype, gettext, CoreFoundation, Cocoa }:
+SDL2_mixer, freetype, gettext, CoreFoundation, Cocoa, tiles ? true }:
 
 stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   version = "2017-12-09";
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
 
   nativeBuildInputs = [ pkgconfig ];
 
-  buildInputs = [ ncurses lua SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer freetype gettext ]
-    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreFoundation Cocoa ];
+  buildInputs = [ ncurses lua gettext ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [ CoreFoundation ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals tiles [ SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer freetype ]
+    ++ stdenv.lib.optionals (tiles && stdenv.isDarwin) [ Cocoa ];
 
   patches = [ ./patches/fix_locale_dir_git.patch ];
 
@@ -26,17 +28,19 @@ stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   '';
 
   makeFlags = [
-    "PREFIX=$(out) LUA=1 TILES=1 SOUND=1 RELEASE=1 USE_HOME_DIR=1"
+    "PREFIX=$(out) LUA=1 RELEASE=1 USE_HOME_DIR=1"
     "LANGUAGES=all"
     "VERSION=git-${version}-${stdenv.lib.substring 0 8 src.rev}"
+  ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals tiles [
+    "TILES=1 SOUND=1"
   ] ++ stdenv.lib.optionals stdenv.isDarwin [
     "NATIVE=osx CLANG=1"
   ];
 
-  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (!stdenv.isDarwin) ''
+  postInstall = stdenv.lib.optionalString (tiles && !stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     install -D -m 444 data/xdg/com.cataclysmdda.cataclysm-dda.desktop -T $out/share/applications/cataclysm-dda.desktop
     install -D -m 444 data/xdg/cataclysm-dda.svg -t $out/share/icons/hicolor/scalable/apps
-  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString stdenv.isDarwin ''
+  '' + stdenv.lib.optionalString (tiles && stdenv.isDarwin) ''
     app=$out/Applications/Cataclysm.app
     install -D -m 444 data/osx/Info.plist -t $app/Contents
     install -D -m 444 data/osx/AppIcon.icns -t $app/Contents/Resources