diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b09769c5..6a5e47e5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -41,7 +41,14 @@ option(NATS_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" ON)
 option(NATS_BUILD_LIBUV_EXAMPLE "Build libuv examples" OFF)
 option(NATS_BUILD_LIBEVENT_EXAMPLE "Build libevent examples" OFF)
 option(NATS_BUILD_STATIC_EXAMPLES "Statically link examples" OFF)
-option(NATS_BUILD_STREAMING "Build NATS Streaming" ON)
+
+# Streaming is deprecated, but we still support it for now.
+# We will remove it in the future. If you are starting a new project,
+# please use JetStream. Another reason for disabling this is that
+# building with streaming requires protobuf-c and building on Windows
+# is not as straightforward as building without it.
+option(NATS_BUILD_STREAMING "Build NATS Streaming" OFF)
+
 option(NATS_BUILD_NO_PREFIX_CONNSTS "No prefix for connection status enum" OFF)
 option(NATS_BUILD_LIB_STATIC "Build static library" ON)
 option(NATS_BUILD_LIB_SHARED "Build shared library" ON)
diff --git a/buildOnTravis.sh b/buildOnTravis.sh
index 0510cf93..d7729d0f 100755
--- a/buildOnTravis.sh
+++ b/buildOnTravis.sh
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ if [ "$1" != "gcc" ]; then
   fi
 fi
 
-cmake .. $3
+cmake .. $3 -DNATS_BUILD_STREAMING=ON
 res=$?
 if [ $res -ne 0 ]; then
   exit $res