diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1627fd72d9..13bce65088 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ if(OPENGLES_FOUND AND KWIN_HAVE_OPENGLES_COMPOSITING)
 endif(OPENGLES_FOUND AND KWIN_HAVE_OPENGLES_COMPOSITING)
 
 OPTION(KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS "Enable building of KWin decorations." ON)
+OPTION(KWIN_BUILD_KCMS "Enable building of KWin configuration modules." ON)
 
 # for things that are also used by kwin libraries
 configure_file(libkwineffects/kwinconfig.h.cmake ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libkwineffects/kwinconfig.h )
@@ -66,7 +67,9 @@ include_directories(
 add_subdirectory( libkdecorations )
 add_subdirectory( libkwineffects )
 add_subdirectory( killer )
-add_subdirectory( kcmkwin )
+if(KWIN_BUILD_KCMS)
+    add_subdirectory( kcmkwin )
+endif(KWIN_BUILD_KCMS)
 
 if( KWIN_BUILD_DECORATIONS )
     add_subdirectory( clients )