diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index e063a9ee5..69579acea 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         configurations: [Debug, Release]
+        target: [tests, library]
     runs-on: ubuntu-latest
     env:
       # Configuration type to build.  For documentation on how build matrices work, see
@@ -37,13 +38,19 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: |
           mkdir build
-          cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}}
+          if [ "${{matrix.target}}" = "library" ]; then
+            cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}} -DVERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
+          else
+            cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}} -DVERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS=ON
+          fi
           cmake --build build -j $(nproc)
 
       - name: Run unit tests
+        if: ${{matrix.target == 'tests'}}
         run: ./tests -d yes
 
       - name: Test for memory leaks
+        if: ${{matrix.target == 'tests'}}
         # Any memory leaks will cause the test to fail
         # This BPF program was chosen because it is the largest one in the repo
         run: valgrind --leak-check=full --errors-for-leak-kinds=all  --show-leak-kinds=all --error-exitcode=1 ./check ebpf-samples/cilium/bpf_xdp_snat_linux_v1.o 2/1
@@ -52,6 +59,7 @@ jobs:
     strategy:
       matrix:
         configurations: [Debug, Release]
+        target: [tests, library]
     runs-on: windows-2022
     env:
       # Configuration type to build.  For documentation on how build matrices work, see
@@ -66,8 +74,13 @@ jobs:
       - name: Build
         run: |
           mkdir build
-          cmake -B build
+          if ("${{matrix.target}}" -eq "library") {
+            cmake -B build -DVERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS=OFF
+          } else {
+            cmake -B build -DVERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS=ON
+          }
           cmake --build build -j $(nproc) --config ${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}}
 
       - name: Run unit tests
+        if: ${{matrix.target == 'tests'}}
         run: ./${{env.BUILD_CONFIGURATION}}/tests -d yes
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 244656c03..1f3a497b6 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ project(ebpf_verifier)
 
 include(FetchContent)
 
+option(VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS "Build tests" ON)
+
 FetchContent_Declare(GSL
         GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/microsoft/GSL"
         GIT_TAG "v4.0.0"
@@ -13,12 +15,14 @@ FetchContent_Declare(GSL
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(GSL)
 get_target_property(GSL_INCLUDE_DIRS Microsoft.GSL::GSL INTERFACE_INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES)
 
+if (VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS)
 FetchContent_Declare(Catch2
         GIT_REPOSITORY "https://github.com/catchorg/Catch2.git"
         GIT_TAG "v3.7.1"
         GIT_SHALLOW ON
 )
 FetchContent_MakeAvailable(Catch2)
+endif()
 
 if (IS_DIRECTORY "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/.git")
     # Install Git pre-commit hook
@@ -91,6 +95,7 @@ file(GLOB LIB_SRC
         "./src/linux/linux_platform.cpp"
 )
 
+if(VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS)
 file(GLOB ALL_TEST
         "./src/test/test_conformance.cpp"
         "./src/test/test_marshal.cpp"
@@ -99,6 +104,7 @@ file(GLOB ALL_TEST
         "./src/test/test_wto.cpp"
         "./src/test/test_yaml.cpp"
 )
+endif()
 
 if ("${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "GNU" OR
         "${CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID}" STREQUAL "Clang")
@@ -115,13 +121,16 @@ endif ()
 
 add_library(ebpfverifier ${LIB_SRC})
 
+if(VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS)
 add_executable(check src/main/check.cpp src/main/linux_verifier.cpp)
 add_executable(tests ${ALL_TEST})
 add_executable(run_yaml src/main/run_yaml.cpp)
 add_executable(conformance_check src/test/conformance_check.cpp)
+endif()
 
 target_include_directories(ebpfverifier PRIVATE ${GSL_INCLUDE_DIRS})
 
+if(VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS)
 set_target_properties(check
         PROPERTIES
         RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/..")
@@ -139,6 +148,7 @@ set_target_properties(conformance_check
         RUNTIME_OUTPUT_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/..")
 
 add_dependencies(tests conformance_check)
+endif()
 
 target_compile_options(ebpfverifier PRIVATE ${COMMON_FLAGS})
 target_compile_options(ebpfverifier PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:DEBUG>:${DEBUG_FLAGS}>")
@@ -146,7 +156,9 @@ target_compile_options(ebpfverifier PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:${RELEASE_FLAGS}
 target_compile_options(ebpfverifier PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:SANITIZE>:${SANITIZE_FLAGS}>")
 
 add_subdirectory("external/bpf_conformance/external/elfio")
+if(VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS)
 add_subdirectory("external/bpf_conformance/src")
+endif()
 add_subdirectory("external/libbtf")
 
 # CMake derives a Visual Studio project GUID from the file path but can be overridden via a property
@@ -164,6 +176,7 @@ target_link_libraries(ebpfverifier PRIVATE libbtf)
 target_link_libraries(ebpfverifier PRIVATE Microsoft.GSL::GSL)
 target_compile_options(ebpfverifier PRIVATE ${COMMON_FLAGS})
 
+if(VERIFIER_ENABLE_TESTS)
 target_compile_options(check PRIVATE ${COMMON_FLAGS})
 target_compile_options(check PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:DEBUG>:${DEBUG_FLAGS}>")
 target_compile_options(check PUBLIC "$<$<CONFIG:RELEASE>:${RELEASE_FLAGS}>")
@@ -184,3 +197,4 @@ target_link_libraries(tests PRIVATE Catch2::Catch2WithMain)
 target_link_libraries(run_yaml PRIVATE ebpfverifier)
 
 target_link_libraries(conformance_check PRIVATE ebpfverifier)
+endif()