diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 5e57e57..1179aea 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 14 CACHE STRING "")
 
 #--- Declare options -----------------------------------------------------------
 option(tricktrack_documentation "Create doxygen doc target." OFF)
+option(tricktrack_profiling "Create profiling binaries." OFF)
 option(tricktrack_python "Create python bindings for tricktrack" OFF)
 option(tricktrack_logger "Use spdlog for logging" OFF)
 option(tricktrack_logger_standalone "Use spdlog standalone (as opposed to in a framework" OFF)
@@ -85,7 +86,9 @@ add_subdirectory(src)
 if(BUILD_TESTING)
   add_subdirectory(tests)
 endif()
-add_subdirectory(profiling)
+if(tricktrack_profiling)
+  add_subdirectory(profiling)
+endif()
 if (tricktrack_python) 
   add_subdirectory(python)
 endif()