diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index df92e6a..7e13ed7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ string(REPLACE ":" "." TLS_VERSION ${TLS_VERSION})
 string(REGEX REPLACE "\\..*" "" TLS_MAJOR_VERSION ${TLS_VERSION})
 
 option(LIBRESSL_SKIP_INSTALL "Skip installation" ${LIBRESSL_SKIP_INSTALL})
+option(LIBRESSL_APPS "Build apps" ON)
 option(ENABLE_ASM "Enable assembly" ON)
 option(ENABLE_EXTRATESTS "Enable extra tests that may be unreliable on some platforms" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_NC "Enable installing TLS-enabled nc(1)" OFF)
@@ -307,7 +308,9 @@ add_definitions(-DSIZEOF_TIME_T=${SIZEOF_TIME_T})
 
 add_subdirectory(crypto)
 add_subdirectory(ssl)
-add_subdirectory(apps)
+if(LIBRESSL_APPS)
+	add_subdirectory(apps)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(tls)
 add_subdirectory(include)
 if(NOT MSVC)