diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 60b2098..b7c0a99 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ option(BUILD_UTILS              "Builds the utility library"
 option(BUILD_RT_VISUALIZATION   "Builds the module for real-time visualization using SDL2"  OFF)
 option(BUILD_C_API_TEST         "Builds a C program to test whether the API is conformant"  OFF)
 option(BUILD_MPI_TEST           "Builds a C program to test whether MPI works"              OFF)
+option(BUILD_SAMPLES            "Builds samples"                                            OFF)
 option(DOUBLE_PRECISION         "Generates double precision code"                           OFF)
 option(MULTIGPU_ENABLED         "If enabled, uses all the available GPUs"                   ON)
 option(MPI_ENABLED              "Enables additional functions for MPI communciation"        OFF)