diff --git a/source/common/menu/menudef.cpp b/source/common/menu/menudef.cpp
index 5417024a1..1015ed43e 100644
--- a/source/common/menu/menudef.cpp
+++ b/source/common/menu/menudef.cpp
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ void I_BuildMIDIMenuList(FOptionValues* opt);
 void I_BuildALDeviceList(FOptionValues *opt);
 void I_BuildALResamplersList(FOptionValues* opt);
 
+bool IsOpenALPresent();
+
 void M_DeinitMenus()
 {
 	{
@@ -221,6 +223,12 @@ static bool CheckSkipOptionBlock(FScanner &sc)
 				filter = true;
 			#endif
 		}
+
+		if (sc.Compare("openal"))
+		{
+			if (IsOpenALPresent())
+				filter = true;
+		}
 	}
 	while (sc.CheckString(","));
 	sc.MustGetStringName(")");