diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3c1668f40..3e55f628a 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ set(BUILD_TESTS off CACHE BOOL "Build test suite" FORCE)
 set(WITH_LUA off CACHE BOOL "Build with lua support" FORCE)
 set(BUILD_DOCS on CACHE BOOL "Build documentation")
 set(BUILD_SERVER on CACHE BOOL "Build API server")
-set(BUILD_MODULE on CACHE BOOL "Build module")
+set(BUILD_MODULE on CACHE BOOL "Build PostgreSQL module")
+set(BUILD_NOMINATIM on CACHE BOOL "Build Nominatim executable")
 
 if (BUILD_SERVER)
     if (NOT EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/osm2pgsql/CMakeLists.txt")
@@ -147,6 +148,8 @@ endif()
 
 if (BUILD_MODULE)
     add_subdirectory(module)
+endif()
+if (BUILD_NOMINATIM)
     add_subdirectory(nominatim)
 endif()
 if (BUILD_DOCS)