diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index d7be8426b..3c7f75bbd 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -124,6 +124,9 @@ option( BUILD_KSYSTRAYCMD "Build ksystraycmd" ${BUILD_ALL} )
 option( BUILD_NSPLUGINS "Build nsplugins"  ${BUILD_ALL} )
 option( BUILD_KSYSGUARD "Build ksysguard"  ${BUILD_ALL} )
 option( BUILD_KXKB "Build kxkb"  ${BUILD_ALL} )
+option( BUILD_TSAK "Build tsak"  ${BUILD_ALL} )
+option( BUILD_KROOTBACKING "Build krootbacking"  ${BUILD_ALL} )
+option( BUILD_TQT3INTEGRATION "Build tqt3integration"  ${BUILD_ALL} )
 
 
 ##### set PKG_CONFIG_PATH #######################
@@ -194,9 +197,9 @@ tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_KSYSTRAYCMD ksystraycmd )
 tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_NSPLUGINS nsplugins )
 tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_KSYSGUARD ksysguard )
 tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_KXKB kxkb )
-add_subdirectory( tsak )
-add_subdirectory( krootbacking )
-add_subdirectory( tqt3integration )
+tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_TSAK tsak )
+tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_KROOTBACKING krootbacking )
+tde_conditional_add_subdirectory( BUILD_TQT3INTEGRATION tqt3integration ) 
 
 ##### install startkde & related stuff ##########
 
diff --git a/kdmlib/CMakeLists.txt b/kdmlib/CMakeLists.txt
index d15d427e1..f3e8d708e 100644
--- a/kdmlib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/kdmlib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -73,9 +73,11 @@ endif( )
 
 ##### kompmgr (executable) #######################
 
-tde_add_executable( kdmtsak
-  SOURCES kdmtsak.cpp
-  LINK ${TQT_LIBRARIES}
-  DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
-  SETUID
-)
\ No newline at end of file
+if( BUILD_TSAK )
+  tde_add_executable( kdmtsak
+    SOURCES kdmtsak.cpp
+    LINK ${TQT_LIBRARIES}
+    DESTINATION ${BIN_INSTALL_DIR}
+    SETUID
+  )
+endif( BUILD_TSAK )