diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6b8462d..2fc9e4a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.10 FATAL_ERROR)
 
 project(unboxing C)
 
+option(UNBOXING_TESTS "Build tests" ${PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL})
+
 if(WIN32)
     set(WARNINGS /MP)
 elseif(APPLE)
@@ -118,11 +120,7 @@ set_target_properties(testutils unboxing PROPERTIES
     C_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON
 )
 
-if(PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
-    set(BUILD_TESTING ON)
-endif()
-
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(UNBOXING_TESTS)
     enable_testing()
 
     add_executable(static_unboxer tests/static_unboxer/main.c)
@@ -183,6 +181,6 @@ if(BUILD_TESTING)
             COMMAND doxygen doxygen.dox
             DEPENDS doxygen.dox
         )
-        add_custom_target(doxygen ALL DEPENDS doc/html/index.html)
+        add_custom_target(unboxing_doxygen ALL DEPENDS doc/html/index.html)
     endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b93c5c2..4c71408 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -103,6 +103,8 @@ cmake --build build -j
 ctest -j4 --test-dir build
 ```
 
+Note: If don't want to compile with tests, run: `cmake -Bbuild -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF` in the configure stage. In this case `doxygen` is not needed as a dependency.
+
 ## iVM
 
 The iVM virtual machine is a minimal execution environment for file format