diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c905d323..f4b6255c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -515,7 +515,9 @@ add_subdirectory(python)
 add_subdirectory(tests)
 #add_subdirectory(tests/testdata)
 add_subdirectory(integration-tests)
-add_subdirectory(doc)
+if(ENABLE_DOC)
+  add_subdirectory(doc)
+endif()
 add_subdirectory(contrib)
 add_subdirectory(script)
 add_subdirectory(bpf)
diff --git a/CMakeOptions.txt b/CMakeOptions.txt
index 948e3c63..0e671e6b 100644
--- a/CMakeOptions.txt
+++ b/CMakeOptions.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ option(ENABLE_STATIC_LIB "Build libnghttp2 in static mode also")
 option(ENABLE_SHARED_LIB "Build libnghttp2 as a shared library" ON)
 option(ENABLE_STATIC_CRT "Build libnghttp2 against the MS LIBCMT[d]")
 option(ENABLE_HTTP3      "Enable HTTP/3 support" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_DOC "Build documentation" ON)
 
 option(WITH_LIBXML2     "Use libxml2"
   ${WITH_LIBXML2_DEFAULT})