diff --git a/parser/CMakeLists.txt b/parser/CMakeLists.txt
index 55260a8..198fcea 100644
--- a/parser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/parser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,43 +1,44 @@
 if (BUILD_TESTING)
     add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 
 set(parser_STAT_SRCS
     phplexer.cpp
     parsesession.cpp
 )
 
 kdevpgqt_generate(parser_SRCS php NAMESPACE Php DEBUG_VISITOR TOKEN_TEXT
     "${php_SOURCE_DIR}/parser/php.g"
     "${php_SOURCE_DIR}/parser/phplexer.h"
 )
 ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(parser_SRCS
     HEADER parserdebug.h
     IDENTIFIER PARSER
     CATEGORY_NAME "kdevelop.languages.php.parser"
 )
 
 add_library(kdevphpparser SHARED ${parser_SRCS} ${parser_STAT_SRCS})
 
 generate_export_header(kdevphpparser EXPORT_MACRO_NAME KDEVPHPPARSER_EXPORT
                                       EXPORT_FILE_NAME parserexport.h)
 target_link_libraries(kdevphpparser LINK_PRIVATE
     KDev::Language
     KF5::I18n
 )
 
-add_executable(php-parser main.cpp)
-
 # hack to make phpdebugvisitor.h (generated at compile time)
 # use the correct EXPORT tags when compiling in MinGW
 if (MINGW)
     add_definitions(-DMAKE_KDEV4PHPPARSER_LIB)
 endif (MINGW)
 
-target_link_libraries(php-parser
-    KDev::Tests
-    KDev::Language
-    kdevphpparser
-)
+if (BUILD_TESTING)
+    add_executable(php-parser main.cpp)
+    target_link_libraries(php-parser
+        KDev::Tests
+        KDev::Language
+        kdevphpparser
+    )
+endif()
 
 install(TARGETS kdevphpparser DESTINATION ${INSTALL_TARGETS_DEFAULT_ARGS})