diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 790ad4ba26ed2262b8aff90c02731f83dc71dd29..972383aff644c13f4dcac065810c1a5c328256cf 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ccaosdb
     ${CONAN_LIBS}
 )
 
-add_executable(ccaosdbcli src/ccaosdbcli.c)
+add_executable(ccaosdbcli EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL src/ccaosdbcli.c)
 target_include_directories(ccaosdbcli PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${libcaosdb_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${libcaosdb_BINARY_DIR}/include>
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ccaosdbcli
     ${CONAN_LIBS}
 )
 
-add_executable(cxxcaosdbcli src/cxxcaosdbcli.cpp)
+add_executable(cxxcaosdbcli EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL src/cxxcaosdbcli.cpp)
 target_include_directories(cxxcaosdbcli PUBLIC
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${libcaosdb_SOURCE_DIR}/include>
     $<BUILD_INTERFACE:${libcaosdb_BINARY_DIR}/include>