diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 26a356866095c..2a57c8a58d69c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -65,8 +65,11 @@ include(CMakeDependentOption)
 option(BUILD_DAEMON "Build bitcoind executable." ON)
 option(BUILD_GUI "Build bitcoin-qt executable." OFF)
 option(BUILD_CLI "Build bitcoin-cli executable." ON)
-option(BUILD_TX "Build bitcoin-tx executable." ON)
-option(BUILD_UTIL "Build bitcoin-util executable." ON)
+
+option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test_bitcoin executable." ON)
+option(BUILD_TX "Build bitcoin-tx executable." ${BUILD_TESTS})
+option(BUILD_UTIL "Build bitcoin-util executable." ${BUILD_TESTS})
+
 option(BUILD_UTIL_CHAINSTATE "Build experimental bitcoin-chainstate executable." OFF)
 option(BUILD_KERNEL_LIB "Build experimental bitcoinkernel library." ${BUILD_UTIL_CHAINSTATE})
 
@@ -99,7 +102,7 @@ if(WITH_BDB)
     endif()
   endif()
 endif()
-cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_WALLET_TOOL "Build bitcoin-wallet tool." ON "ENABLE_WALLET" OFF)
+cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_WALLET_TOOL "Build bitcoin-wallet tool." ${BUILD_TESTS} "ENABLE_WALLET" OFF)
 
 option(THREADLOCAL "Enable features that depend on the C++ thread_local keyword (currently just thread names in debug logs)." ON)
 option(HARDENING "Attempt to harden the resulting executables." ON)
@@ -161,7 +164,6 @@ if(MULTIPROCESS)
   find_package(LibmultiprocessGen CONFIG REQUIRED)
 endif()
 
-option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test_bitcoin executable." ON)
 cmake_dependent_option(BUILD_GUI_TESTS "Build test_bitcoin-qt executable." ON "BUILD_GUI;BUILD_TESTS" OFF)
 option(BUILD_BENCH "Build bench_bitcoin executable." OFF)
 option(BUILD_FUZZ_BINARY "Build fuzz binary." OFF)