diff --git a/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt b/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
index 49c17913c6..3adccf105d 100644
--- a/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/tools/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,4 +12,6 @@ add_subdirectory(map_extractor)
 add_subdirectory(vmap4_assembler)
 add_subdirectory(vmap4_extractor)
 add_subdirectory(mmaps_generator)
-add_subdirectory(mesh_extractor)
+if (WITH_MESHEXTRACTOR)
+  add_subdirectory(mesh_extractor)
+endif()