diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ccced79d..7a7beadd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ option(MUSICA_ENABLE_TESTS "Builds tests that ensures each enabled MUSICA compon
 option(MUSICA_ENABLE_MPI "Enable MPI parallel support" OFF)
 option(MUSICA_ENABLE_OPENMP "Enable OpemMP support" OFF)
 option(MUSICA_ENABLE_MEMCHECK "Enable memory checking" OFF)
+option(MUSICA_BUILD_DOCS "Build the documentation" OFF)
 
 cmake_dependent_option(
   MUSICA_ENABLE_TUVX "Builds TUV-x, a photolysis calculator library" ON "MUSICA_BUILD_FORTRAN_INTERFACE" OFF)