diff --git a/dataengines/notifications/CMakeLists.txt b/dataengines/notifications/CMakeLists.txt
index 8a90cb59..597b3f7e 100644
--- a/dataengines/notifications/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/dataengines/notifications/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ ecm_qt_declare_logging_category(notifications_test_SRCS HEADER debug.h
                                                IDENTIFIER NOTIFICATIONS
                                                CATEGORY_NAME kde.dataengine.notifications`
                                                DEFAULT_SEVERITY Info)
-
-add_executable(notification_test  ${notifications_test_SRCS})
-target_link_libraries(notification_test Qt5::Test Qt5::Core)
-ecm_mark_as_test(notification_test)
+if(BUILD_TESTING)
+	add_executable(notification_test  ${notifications_test_SRCS})
+	target_link_libraries(notification_test Qt5::Test Qt5::Core)
+	ecm_mark_as_test(notification_test)
+endif()