diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 76494710..42c8a031 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
 include(CTest)
 
 option(CATCH_USE_VALGRIND "Perform SelfTests with Valgrind" OFF)
+option(CATCH_BUILD_TESTING "Build SelfTest project" ON)
 option(CATCH_BUILD_EXAMPLES "Build documentation examples" OFF)
 option(CATCH_ENABLE_COVERAGE "Generate coverage for codecov.io" OFF)
 option(CATCH_ENABLE_WERROR "Enable all warnings as errors" ON)
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ if(USE_WMAIN)
     set(CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS "${CMAKE_EXE_LINKER_FLAGS} /ENTRY:wmainCRTStartup")
 endif()
 
-if (BUILD_TESTING AND NOT_SUBPROJECT)
+if (BUILD_TESTING AND CATCH_BUILD_TESTING AND NOT_SUBPROJECT)
     add_subdirectory(projects)
 endif()
 
diff --git a/docs/cmake-integration.md b/docs/cmake-integration.md
index 7120d163..5f57c276 100644
--- a/docs/cmake-integration.md
+++ b/docs/cmake-integration.md
@@ -171,6 +171,10 @@ automatically discovered. Defaults to `OFF`.
 Catch2's CMake project also provides some options for other projects
 that consume it. These are
 
+* `CATCH_BUILD_TESTING` -- When `ON`, Catch2's SelfTest project will be
+built. Defaults to `ON`. Note that Catch2 also obeys `BUILD_TESTING` CMake
+variable, so _both_ of them need to be `ON` for the SelfTest to be built,
+and either of them can be set to `OFF` to disable building SelfTest.
 * `CATCH_BUILD_EXAMPLES` -- When `ON`, Catch2's usage examples will be
 built. Defaults to `OFF`.
 * `CATCH_INSTALL_DOCS` -- When `ON`, Catch2's documentation will be