diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ef698ef..4c1fdb1 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ option(SJ4_GLOBAL "Use global variables or not" OFF)
 option(SJ4_EMBED "Embed main dictionary or not" OFF)
 option(SJ4_EMBED_PLUS "Embed pubdic+ as main dictionary or not" OFF)
 option(SJ4_NO_UNICODE "Remove Unicode code completely" OFF)
-option(SJ4_BUILD_ONLY_LIB "Build only library" OFF)
+option(SJ4_BUILD_ONLY_LIB "Always build only library" OFF)
+option(SJ4_BUILD_TOOLS "Always build tools" OFF)
 
 file(GLOB_RECURSE SJ4COMMON_SRCS lib/sj4common/**.c)
 add_library(sj4common STATIC ${SJ4COMMON_SRCS})
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ if(NOT SJ4_GLOBAL)
 	endif()
 endif()
 
-if(NOT CMAKE_BINARY_DIR MATCHES CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND NOT SJ4_BUILD_ONLY_LIB)
+if(SJ4_BUILD_TOOLS OR (NOT CMAKE_BINARY_DIR MATCHES CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR AND NOT SJ4_BUILD_ONLY_LIB))
 	file(GLOB_RECURSE SJ4MKDIC_SRCS src/sj4mkdic/**.c)
 	add_executable(sj4mkdic ${SJ4MKDIC_SRCS})
 	target_include_directories(sj4mkdic PRIVATE include/sj4common include/sj4core)