diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9b187a13..f55be537 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ CHECK_INCLUDE_FILE("unistd.h"       HAVE_UNISTD_H)
 include(TestLargeFiles)
 OPJ_TEST_LARGE_FILES(OPJ_HAVE_LARGEFILES)
 
-# Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks
+# Allocating Aligned Memory Blocks
 include(CheckIncludeFiles)
 check_include_files(malloc.h OPJ_HAVE_MALLOC_H)
 include(CheckSymbolExists)
@@ -249,6 +249,7 @@ if(BUILD_JPIP_SERVER)
   endif()
 endif()
 add_subdirectory(src/lib)
+option(BUILD_LUTS_GENERATOR "Build utility to generate t1_luts.h" OFF)
 
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Build Applications
diff --git a/src/lib/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/lib/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt
index 014be603..b36905c9 100644
--- a/src/lib/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/lib/openjp2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -118,11 +118,13 @@ install(
   DESTINATION ${OPENJPEG_INSTALL_MAN_DIR}/man3)
 endif()
 
-# internal utilities to generate t1_luts.h (part of the jp2 lib)
+if(BUILD_LUTS_GENERATOR)
+# internal utility to generate t1_luts.h (part of the jp2 lib)
 # no need to install:
-add_executable(t1_generate_luts t1_generate_luts.c)
-if(UNIX)
-  target_link_libraries(t1_generate_luts m)
+  add_executable(t1_generate_luts t1_generate_luts.c)
+  if(UNIX)
+    target_link_libraries(t1_generate_luts m)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 # Experimental option; let's how cppcheck performs