diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 22f230e8e..e4f80c5ad 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ option(ENABLE_MASON "Use mason for dependencies" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_CCACHE "Speed up incremental rebuilds via ccache" ON)
 option(BUILD_TOOLS "Build OSRM tools" OFF)
 option(BUILD_COMPONENTS "Build osrm-components" OFF)
+option(BUILD_PACKAGE "Build OSRM package" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_ASSERTIONS "Use assertions in release mode" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_COVERAGE "Build with coverage instrumentalisation" OFF)
 option(ENABLE_SANITIZER "Use memory sanitizer for Debug build" OFF)