diff --git a/tests/CMakeLists.txt b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
index 180498f..ac5e66c 100644
--- a/tests/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/tests/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+option(
+  PROPERTIES_CPP_BUILD_TESTS
+  "Build tests"
+  ON
+)
+
+if (PROPERTIES_CPP_BUILD_TESTS)
+
 set (OLD_CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
 # Don't treat warnings as errors in 3rd_party/{gmock,cucumber-cpp}
 string (REPLACE " -Werror " " " CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS})
@@ -31,3 +39,5 @@ target_link_libraries(
 
 add_test(properties_test ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/properties_test)
 add_test(signals_test ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/signals_test)
+
+endif (PROPERTIES_CPP_BUILD_TESTS)