diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 59e670be..9a1560b8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ option(BFDEV_DEVEL "Enable development mode" OFF)
 option(BFDEV_STRICT "Enable strict compilation" OFF)
 option(BFDEV_EXAMPLES "Build examples" OFF)
 option(BFDEV_TESTSUITE "Build testsuite" OFF)
+option(BFDEV_DOCS "Install Documentation" OFF)
 
 option(BFDEV_ASAN "Enable Address Sanitizer" OFF)
 option(BFDEV_UBSAN "Enable Undefined Behaviour Sanitizer" OFF)
@@ -69,6 +70,7 @@ if(BFDEV_DEVEL)
     set(BFDEV_STRICT ON)
     set(BFDEV_EXAMPLES ON)
     set(BFDEV_TESTSUITE ON)
+    set(BFDEV_DOCS ON)
     set(BFDEV_ASAN ON)
     set(BFDEV_UBSAN ON)
     set(BFDEV_GCOV ON)
@@ -134,21 +136,13 @@ if(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "bfdev")
     )
 
     install(FILES
-        ${BFDEV_GENERATED_PATH}/bfdev.h
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
-    )
-
-    install(FILES
-        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md
-        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
-        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING
-        ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING.LIB
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
+        ${BFDEV_CONFIGURE}
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/bfdev
     )
 
     install(FILES
-        ${BFDEV_CONFIGURE}
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR}/cmake/bfdev
+        ${BFDEV_GENERATED_PATH}/bfdev.h
+        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
     )
 
     install(DIRECTORY
@@ -158,10 +152,20 @@ if(${CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME} STREQUAL "bfdev")
         DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR}
     )
 
-    install(DIRECTORY
-        ${BFDEV_DOCUMENT_PATH}
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
-    )
+    if(BFDEV_DOCS)
+        install(FILES
+            ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/README.md
+            ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/AUTHORS
+            ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING
+            ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/COPYING.LIB
+            DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
+        )
+
+        install(DIRECTORY
+            ${BFDEV_DOCUMENT_PATH}
+            DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR}
+        )
+    endif()
 
     install(TARGETS
         bfdev_static bfdev_shared