diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index a4c648e..db90735 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -80,11 +80,13 @@ if (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 endif (BUILD_SHARED_LIBS)
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
+if(NOT DISABLE_TESTS)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 add_subdirectory(doc)
 if (NOT GRAPHITE2_NFILEFACE)
     add_subdirectory(gr2fonttest)
 endif (NOT GRAPHITE2_NFILEFACE)
+endif()
 
 set(version 3.0.1)
 set(libdir ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib${LIB_SUFFIX})
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 89a59af..c72be21 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -141,7 +141,9 @@ if  (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Darwin")
         LINKER_LANGUAGE C)
     target_link_libraries(graphite2 c)
     include(Graphite)
-    nolib_test(stdc++ $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:graphite2>)
+    if(NOT DISABLE_TESTS)
+        nolib_test(stdc++ $<TARGET_SONAME_FILE:graphite2>)
+    endif()
     set(CMAKE_CXX_IMPLICIT_LINK_LIBRARIES "")
     CREATE_LIBTOOL_FILE(graphite2 "/lib${LIB_SUFFIX}")
 endif (${CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME} STREQUAL "Darwin")