diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -29,18 +29,22 @@
 
 find_package(KF5JS ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
 find_package(KF5I18n ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
-find_package(KF5DocTools ${KF5_DEP_VERSION} REQUIRED)
+find_package(KF5DocTools ${KF5_DEP_VERSION})
 
 add_definitions(-DQT_DISABLE_DEPRECATED_BEFORE=0)
 remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_ASCII)
 remove_definitions(-DQT_NO_CAST_FROM_BYTEARRAY)
 
 add_definitions(-DTRANSLATION_DOMAIN=\"kjsembed5\")
 if (IS_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/po")
     ki18n_install(po)
-    kdoctools_install(po)
+    if (KF5DocTools_FOUND)
+        kdoctools_install(po)
+    endif()
+endif()
+if(KF5DocTools_FOUND)
+    add_subdirectory(docs)
 endif()
-add_subdirectory(docs)
 add_subdirectory(src)
 add_subdirectory(examples/kjsconsole)