diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ad07e6..836a2f4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,88 +1,90 @@
 project(poxml)
 
 cmake_minimum_required (VERSION 2.8.12 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 find_package(ECM 1.7.0 REQUIRED CONFIG)
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH ${CMAKE_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_MODULE_PATH} ${ECM_KDE_MODULE_DIR} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake/modules)
 
 include(FeatureSummary)
 include(ECMAddAppIcon)
 include(ECMInstallIcons)
 include(KDEInstallDirs)
 include(KDECompilerSettings NO_POLICY_SCOPE)
 include(KDECMakeSettings)
 
 find_package(GettextPO REQUIRED)
 set_package_properties("gettext-po" PROPERTIES
         DESCRIPTION "A library for processing PO files"
         URL "http://www.gnu.org/software/gettext"
         TYPE REQUIRED
         PURPOSE "Required to build the poxml tools.")
 
 find_package(Gettext)
 find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED NO_MODULE COMPONENTS Core Xml)
 find_package(KF5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS DocTools)
 
 
 add_subdirectory( doc )
 
 include_directories(${GETTEXTPO_INCLUDE_DIR})
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(split2po_SRCS split.cpp parser.cpp gettextpoutils.cpp)
 
 
 add_executable(split2po ${split2po_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(split2po ${GETTEXTPO_LIBRARY} Qt5::Xml Qt5::Core)
 
 install(TARGETS split2po  ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(xml2pot_SRCS xml2pot.cpp parser.cpp gettextpoutils.cpp)
 
 
 add_executable(xml2pot ${xml2pot_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(xml2pot ${GETTEXTPO_LIBRARY} Qt5::Xml Qt5::Core)
 
 install(TARGETS xml2pot  ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(po2xml_SRCS
    po2xml.cpp
    gettextpoutils.cpp
    parser.cpp)
 
 
 add_executable(po2xml ${po2xml_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(po2xml ${GETTEXTPO_LIBRARY} Qt5::Xml Qt5::Core)
 
 install(TARGETS po2xml  ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 
 ########### next target ###############
 
 set(swappo_SRCS
    swappo.cpp
    gettextpoutils.cpp)
 
 
 add_executable(swappo ${swappo_SRCS})
 
 target_link_libraries(swappo ${GETTEXTPO_LIBRARY})
 
 install(TARGETS swappo  ${KDE_INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})
 
 
 
-add_subdirectory(tests)
+if (BUILD_TESTING)
+    add_subdirectory(tests)
+endif()
 
 
 feature_summary(WHAT ALL FATAL_ON_MISSING_REQUIRED_PACKAGES)