--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -280,8 +280,14 @@ rocm_package_setup_component(profiler
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(library)
-add_subdirectory(example)
-add_subdirectory(test)
+option(BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build examples" OFF)
+if(BUILD_EXAMPLES)
+	add_subdirectory(example)
+endif()
+option(BUILD_TESTS "Build binaries for tests" OFF)
+if(BUILD_TESTS)
+	add_subdirectory(test)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(profiler)
 
 #Create an interface target for the include only files and call it "composablekernels"