diff --git a/lldb/CMakeLists.txt b/lldb/CMakeLists.txt
--- a/lldb/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lldb/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@
 # Must go below project(..)
 include(GNUInstallDirs)
 
+option(LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS "Generate build targets for the LLDB unit tests." ${LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS})
+
 if(LLDB_BUILT_STANDALONE)
   include(LLDBStandalone)
 
@@ -129,7 +131,6 @@
   set(LLDB_INCLUDE_UNITTESTS OFF)
 endif()
 
-option(LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS "Generate build targets for the LLDB unit tests." ${LLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS})
 if(LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(test)
   if (LLDB_INCLUDE_UNITTESTS)
diff --git a/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBStandalone.cmake b/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBStandalone.cmake
--- a/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBStandalone.cmake
+++ b/lldb/cmake/modules/LLDBStandalone.cmake
@@ -103,16 +103,18 @@
   "${LLVM_INCLUDE_DIRS}"
   "${CLANG_INCLUDE_DIRS}")
 
-# Build the gtest library needed for unittests, if we have LLVM sources
-# handy.
-if (EXISTS ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/unittest AND NOT TARGET llvm_gtest)
-  add_subdirectory(${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/unittest utils/unittest)
-endif()
-# LLVMTestingSupport library is needed for Process/gdb-remote.
-if (EXISTS ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/lib/Testing/Support
-    AND NOT TARGET LLVMTestingSupport)
-  add_subdirectory(${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/lib/Testing/Support
-    lib/Testing/Support)
+if(LLDB_INCLUDE_TESTS)
+  # Build the gtest library needed for unittests, if we have LLVM sources
+  # handy.
+  if (EXISTS ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/unittest AND NOT TARGET llvm_gtest)
+    add_subdirectory(${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/utils/unittest utils/unittest)
+  endif()
+  # LLVMTestingSupport library is needed for Process/gdb-remote.
+  if (EXISTS ${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/lib/Testing/Support
+      AND NOT TARGET LLVMTestingSupport)
+    add_subdirectory(${LLVM_MAIN_SRC_DIR}/lib/Testing/Support
+      lib/Testing/Support)
+  endif()
 endif()
 
 option(LLVM_USE_FOLDERS "Enable solution folders in Visual Studio. Disable for Express versions." ON)