diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7f721499..364c5f5e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ endfunction()
 add_subdirectory(oqsprov)
 
 # Testing
+include(CTest)
 enable_testing()
 add_subdirectory(test)
 
diff --git a/CONFIGURE.md b/CONFIGURE.md
index 626513d3..6fa66003 100644
--- a/CONFIGURE.md
+++ b/CONFIGURE.md
@@ -97,6 +97,10 @@ void load_oqs_provider(OSSL_LIB_CTX *libctx) {
 See [`examples/static_oqsprovider.c`](examples/static_oqsprovider.c) for a complete
 example of how to load oqsprovider using `OSSL_PROVIDER_add_builtin`.
 
+### BUILD_TESTING
+
+By setting this to "OFF", no tests or examples will be compiled.
+
 ## Convenience build script options
 
 For anyone interested in building the complete software stack
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 43ec0ca8..d221343c 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if(NOT BUILD_TESTING)
+  return()
+endif()
+
 if (OQS_PROVIDER_BUILD_STATIC)
   add_executable(example_static_oqsprovider static_oqsprovider.c)
   target_link_libraries(example_static_oqsprovider PRIVATE ${OPENSSL_CRYPTO_LIBRARY} oqsprovider)
diff --git a/test/CMakeLists.txt b/test/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c4c0854..50a85d34 100644
--- a/test/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/test/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+if(NOT BUILD_TESTING)
+  return()
+endif()
+
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 if (CMAKE_GENERATOR MATCHES "Visual Studio")
 set(OQS_PROV_BINARY_DIR ${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/lib/${CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE})