diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 523b2cb..fac823e 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ generate_export_header(cmark
 # path for OSS Fuzz.
 add_custom_target(cmark_static DEPENDS cmark)
 
+if (BUILD_TOOLS)
 add_executable(cmark_exe
   main.c)
 cmark_add_compile_options(cmark_exe)
@@ -59,14 +60,22 @@ set_target_properties(cmark_exe PROPERTIES
   INSTALL_RPATH "${Base_rpath}")
 target_link_libraries(cmark_exe PRIVATE
   cmark)
+endif()
 
-install(TARGETS cmark_exe cmark
+install(TARGETS cmark
   EXPORT cmark-targets
   RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR}
   LIBRARY DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}
   )
 
+if (BUILD_TOOLS)
+    install(TARGETS cmark_exe
+        EXPORT cmark-targets
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION tools/cmark
+    )
+endif()
+
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/libcmark.pc
   DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/pkgconfig)