diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1e08345..f755820 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -353,27 +353,32 @@ install(FILES src/SDL_sound.h
 install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/SDL2_sound.pc
     DESTINATION "${PKGCONFIG_INSTALLDIR}")
 
-find_package(Doxygen)
-if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
-    set(SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile")
-    configure_file(
-        "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/Doxyfile"
-        "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}"
-        COPYONLY
-    )
-    file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "\n\n# Below auto-generated by cmake...\n\n")
-    file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "PROJECT_NUMBER = \"${SDLSOUND_VERSION}\"\n")
-    file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/docs\"\n")
-    file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "\n# End auto-generated section.\n\n")
-
-    add_custom_target(
-        SDL2_sound-docs
-        ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}"
-        WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
-        COMMENT "Building documentation..."
-    )
-else()
-    message(STATUS "Doxygen not found. You won't be able to build documentation.")
+option(SDLSOUND_BUILD_DOCS "Build documentation" TRUE)
+mark_as_advanced(SDLSOUND_BUILD_DOCS)
+
+if(SDLSOUND_BUILD_DOCS)
+    find_package(Doxygen)
+    if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+        set(SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile")
+        configure_file(
+            "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/docs/Doxyfile"
+            "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}"
+            COPYONLY
+        )
+        file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "\n\n# Below auto-generated by cmake...\n\n")
+        file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "PROJECT_NUMBER = \"${SDLSOUND_VERSION}\"\n")
+        file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "OUTPUT_DIRECTORY = \"${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/docs\"\n")
+        file(APPEND "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}" "\n# End auto-generated section.\n\n")
+
+        add_custom_target(
+            SDL2_sound-docs
+            ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} "${SDLSOUND_OUTPUT_DOXYFILE}"
+            WORKING_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}"
+            COMMENT "Building documentation..."
+        )
+    else()
+        message(STATUS "Doxygen not found. You won't be able to build documentation.")
+    endif()
 endif()
 
 configure_file(
@@ -412,6 +417,7 @@ message_bool_option("COREAUDIO support" SDLSOUND_DECODER_COREAUDIO)
 message_bool_option("Build static library" SDLSOUND_BUILD_STATIC)
 message_bool_option("Build shared library" SDLSOUND_BUILD_SHARED)
 message_bool_option("Build stdio test program" SDLSOUND_BUILD_TEST)
+message_bool_option("Build documentation" SDLSOUND_BUILD_DOCS)
 
 # Make sure SDL2_sound::SDL2_sound always exists
 if(TARGET SDL2_sound::SDL2_sound-static AND NOT TARGET SDL2_sound::SDL2_sound)