diff --git a/cmake/ConfigOptions.cmake b/cmake/ConfigOptions.cmake
index 0a8b3a5f8..f3d2bc856 100644
--- a/cmake/ConfigOptions.cmake
+++ b/cmake/ConfigOptions.cmake
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ option(BUILTIN_CHANNELS "Combine all channels into their respective base library
 
 option(WITH_CHANNELS "Build virtual channel plugins" ON)
 
+option(WITH_WINPR_TOOLS "Build WinPR helper binaries" ON)
+
 cmake_dependent_option(WITH_CLIENT_CHANNELS "Build virtual channel plugins" ON
 	"WITH_CLIENT_COMMON;WITH_CHANNELS" OFF)
 
diff --git a/winpr/CMakeLists.txt b/winpr/CMakeLists.txt
index 2da25a426..2757d34da 100644
--- a/winpr/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/winpr/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -176,7 +176,7 @@ add_subdirectory(include)
 
 add_subdirectory(libwinpr)
 
-if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS AND NOT UWP)
+if(NOT ANDROID AND NOT IOS AND NOT UWP AND WITH_WINPR_TOOLS)
 	add_subdirectory(tools)
 endif()