diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d622abeda0bb..745a5c3a6c9c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -296,9 +296,13 @@ add_subdirectory(sqlite)
 
 add_subdirectory(tddb)
 
-add_subdirectory(test)
+option(TD_SKIP_TEST "Use \"ON\" to skip building/running the test harness.")
+if (NOT TD_SKIP_TEST)
+  add_subdirectory(test)
+endif()
 
-if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+option(TD_SKIP_BENCHMARK "Use \"ON\" to skip building/running the benchmarks.")
+if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT TD_SKIP_BENCHMARK)
   add_subdirectory(benchmark)
 endif()
 
@@ -899,7 +903,8 @@ if (EMSCRIPTEN)
 endif()
 
 #EXECUTABLES
-if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING)
+option(TD_SKIP_TG_CLI "Use \"ON\" to skip building tg_cli.")
+if (NOT CMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING AND NOT TD_SKIP_TG_CLI)
   add_executable(tg_cli td/telegram/cli.cpp ${TL_TD_JSON_SOURCE})
 
   if (NOT READLINE_FOUND)