diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1102161ff..1ad87bcef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,10 +37,13 @@ if (CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE STREQUAL Debug)
 	set(VERSION_STRING "${VERSION_STRING}-debug")
 endif()
 
-message(STATUS "*** Will build version ${VERSION_STRING} ***")
-
-
 # Configuration options
+set(BUILD_CLIENT TRUE CACHE BOOL "Build client")
+set(BUILD_SERVER FALSE CACHE BOOL "Build server")
+set(BUILD_UNITTESTS TRUE CACHE BOOL "Build unittests")
+set(BUILD_BENCHMARKS FALSE CACHE BOOL "Build benchmarks")
+set(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION TRUE CACHE BOOL "Build documentation")
+
 set(DEFAULT_RUN_IN_PLACE FALSE)
 if(WIN32)
 	set(DEFAULT_RUN_IN_PLACE TRUE)
@@ -48,11 +51,13 @@ endif()
 set(RUN_IN_PLACE ${DEFAULT_RUN_IN_PLACE} CACHE BOOL
 	"Run directly in source directory structure")
 
-
-set(BUILD_CLIENT TRUE CACHE BOOL "Build client")
-set(BUILD_SERVER FALSE CACHE BOOL "Build server")
-set(BUILD_UNITTESTS TRUE CACHE BOOL "Build unittests")
-set(BUILD_BENCHMARKS FALSE CACHE BOOL "Build benchmarks")
+message(STATUS "*** Will build version ${VERSION_STRING} ***")
+message(STATUS "BUILD_CLIENT: " ${BUILD_CLIENT})
+message(STATUS "BUILD_SERVER: " ${BUILD_SERVER})
+message(STATUS "BUILD_UNITTESTS: " ${BUILD_UNITTESTS})
+message(STATUS "BUILD_BENCHMARKS: " ${BUILD_BENCHMARKS})
+message(STATUS "BUILD_DOCUMENTATION: " ${BUILD_DOCUMENTATION})
+message(STATUS "RUN_IN_PLACE: " ${RUN_IN_PLACE})
 
 set(WARN_ALL TRUE CACHE BOOL "Enable -Wall for Release build")
 
@@ -394,13 +399,15 @@ include(CPack)
 
 
 # Add a target to generate API documentation with Doxygen
-find_package(Doxygen)
-if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
-	configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile.in
-			${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile @ONLY)
-	add_custom_target(doc
-		${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile
-		WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc
-		COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen" VERBATIM
-	)
+if(BUILD_DOCUMENTATION)
+	find_package(Doxygen)
+	if(DOXYGEN_FOUND)
+		configure_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile.in
+				${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile @ONLY)
+		add_custom_target(doc
+			${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc/Doxyfile
+			WORKING_DIRECTORY ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/doc
+			COMMENT "Generating API documentation with Doxygen" VERBATIM
+		)
+	endif()
 endif()
diff --git a/doc/compiling/README.md b/doc/compiling/README.md
index 2d2ca811c..f4812e77d 100644
--- a/doc/compiling/README.md
+++ b/doc/compiling/README.md
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ General options and their default values:
     BUILD_SERVER=FALSE         - Build Minetest server
     BUILD_UNITTESTS=TRUE       - Build unittest sources
     BUILD_BENCHMARKS=FALSE     - Build benchmark sources
+    BUILD_DOCUMENTATION=TRUE   - Build doxygen documentation
     CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release   - Type of build (Release vs. Debug)
         Release                - Release build
         Debug                  - Debug build