diff --git a/.github/workflows/main.yml b/.github/workflows/main.yml
index d2ac316..fce262e 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/main.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/main.yml
@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             mkdir build && cd build
             if [[ "${{ matrix.compiler }}" == "g++-8" && "${{ matrix.standard }}" == "17" ]] ; then
-                cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.compiler }} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }} -DTOML11_REQUIRE_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY=ON
+                cmake .. -Dtoml11_BUILD_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.compiler }} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }} -DTOML11_REQUIRE_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY=ON
             else
-                cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.compiler }} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }}
+                cmake .. -Dtoml11_BUILD_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=${{ matrix.compiler }} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }}
             fi
       - name: Build
         run: |
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ jobs:
       - name: Configure
         run: |
             mkdir build && cd build
-            cmake .. -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-${{ matrix.compiler }} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }}
+            cmake .. -Dtoml11_BUILD_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++-${{ matrix.compiler }} -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }}
       - name: Build
         run: |
             cd build && cmake --build .
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ jobs:
         run: |
             mkdir build
             cd build
-            cmake ../ -G "NMake Makefiles" -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }} -DBoost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=1.72.0 -DBoost_USE_MULTITHREADED=ON -DBoost_ARCHITECTURE=-x64 -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON -DBOOST_ROOT=%BOOST_ROOT_1_72_0%
+            cmake ../ -G "NMake Makefiles" -Dtoml11_BUILD_TEST=ON -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=${{ matrix.standard }} -DBoost_ADDITIONAL_VERSIONS=1.72.0 -DBoost_USE_MULTITHREADED=ON -DBoost_ARCHITECTURE=-x64 -DBoost_NO_BOOST_CMAKE=ON -DBOOST_ROOT=%BOOST_ROOT_1_72_0%
       - name: Build
         working-directory: ./build
         run: |
diff --git a/.travis.yml b/.travis.yml
index dc05b74..ce291a8 100644
--- a/.travis.yml
+++ b/.travis.yml
@@ -332,6 +332,6 @@ script:
 - cd build
 - echo "COMPILER     = ${COMPILER}"
 - echo "CXX_STANDARD = ${CXX_STANDARD}"
-- cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=$CXX_STANDARD -DTOML11_REQUIRE_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY=${REQUIRE_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY} -DTOML11_USE_UNRELEASED_TOML_FEATURES=${TOML_HEAD} -Dtoml11_TEST_WITH_ASAN=${WITH_ASAN} -Dtoml11_TEST_WITH_UBSAN=${WITH_UBSAN} ..
+- cmake -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=$COMPILER -DCMAKE_CXX_STANDARD=$CXX_STANDARD -DTOML11_REQUIRE_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY=${REQUIRE_FILESYSTEM_LIBRARY} -Dtoml11_BUILD_TEST=ON -DTOML11_USE_UNRELEASED_TOML_FEATURES=${TOML_HEAD} -Dtoml11_TEST_WITH_ASAN=${WITH_ASAN} -Dtoml11_TEST_WITH_UBSAN=${WITH_UBSAN} ..
 - make
 - ctest --output-on-failure
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 340ae4b..69616d8 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ enable_testing()
 
 project(toml11 VERSION 3.5.0)
 
-option(toml11_BUILD_TEST "Build toml tests" ON)
+option(toml11_BUILD_TEST "Build toml tests" OFF)
 option(toml11_TEST_WITH_ASAN  "use LLVM address sanitizer" OFF)
 option(toml11_TEST_WITH_UBSAN "use LLVM undefined behavior sanitizer" OFF)
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 3a44687..38e0ab8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1798,7 +1798,7 @@ for automating test set fetching!).
 ```sh
 $ mkdir build
 $ cd build
-$ cmake ..
+$ cmake .. -Dtoml11_BUILD_TEST=ON
 $ make
 $ make test
 ```