diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 6bce0a19..8adeb7a5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ if (CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_LESS "3.21")
     string(COMPARE EQUAL ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR} PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
 endif()
 
-if (PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL)
+option(VMA_ENABLE_INSTALL "Install VulkanMemoryAllocator" ${PROJECT_IS_TOP_LEVEL})
+if (VMA_ENABLE_INSTALL)
     include(GNUInstallDirs)
     include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)