diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8debfa4..4b9c134 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ project(Cpp-Taskflow VERSION 2.3.1 LANGUAGES CXX)
 # build options
 option(TF_ENABLE_CUDA "Enables build of cuda code" OFF)
 option(TF_BUILD_BENCHMARKS "Enables build of benchmarks" OFF)
+option(TF_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Enable build of examples" OFF)
+option(TF_BUILD_TESTS "Enable build of tests" OFF)
 
 # Include additional language check
 include(CheckLanguage)
@@ -227,6 +229,7 @@ target_include_directories(${PROJECT_NAME} INTERFACE
 # Example program 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
+if (TF_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
 message(STATUS "Building examples ...")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${TF_EXAMPLE_DIR})
 
@@ -289,10 +292,12 @@ target_link_libraries(
   device_property ${PROJECT_NAME} Threads::Threads tf::default_settings
 )
 endif(${TF_ENABLE_CUDA})
+endif(TF_BUILD_EXAMPLES)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Unittest
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+if (TF_BUILD_TESTS)
 enable_testing()
 message(STATUS "Building unit tests ...")
 set(CMAKE_RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY ${TF_UTEST_DIR})
@@ -516,6 +521,7 @@ add_test(cuda_matrix.transpose ${TF_UTEST_DIR}/cuda/cuda_matrix -tc=transpose)
 add_test(cuda_matrix.product ${TF_UTEST_DIR}/cuda/cuda_matrix -tc=product)
 
 endif(${TF_ENABLE_CUDA})
+endif(TF_BUILD_TESTS)
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Benchmarking (enabled by TF_BUILD_BENCHMARKS)