diff --git a/buildtools/LibyuiCommon.cmake b/buildtools/LibyuiCommon.cmake
index 18453bc..c370bb1 100644
--- buildtools/LibyuiCommon.cmake
+++ buildtools/LibyuiCommon.cmake
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ MACRO( SET_OPTIONS )		# setup configurable options
 
   OPTION( DISABLE_SHARED "Shall I build a static library, only?" OFF )
   OPTION( DOCS_ONLY "Shall \"make install\" install only docs, no binaries?" OFF )
+  OPTION( SKIP_LATEX "Shall I skip the generation of LaTeX PDF-docs?" OFF )
   OPTION( ENABLE_STATIC "Shall I build a static library, too?" OFF )
   OPTION( ENABLE_DEBUG "Shall I include Debug-Symbols in Release?" OFF )
   OPTION( ENABLE_EXAMPLES "Shall I compile the examples, too?" OFF )
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ MACRO( SET_AUTODOCS )		# looks for doxygen, dot and latex and setup autodocs acc
       AND NOT ${MAKEINDEX_COMPILER} STREQUAL "MAKEINDEX_COMPILER-NOTFOUND"
     )
 
-    IF( ${LATEX_COND} )
+    IF( ${LATEX_COND} AND NOT SKIP_LATEX )
       MESSAGE( STATUS "Found LaTeX: ${PDFLATEX_COMPILER}" )
       MESSAGE( STATUS "Found LaTeX: ${MAKEINDEX_COMPILER}" )
       SET( BUILD_LATEX "YES" )
@@ -286,10 +287,10 @@ MACRO( SET_AUTODOCS )		# looks for doxygen, dot and latex and setup autodocs acc
         )
       ENDIF( INSTALL_DOCS OR DOCS_ONLY )
 
-    ELSE( ${LATEX_COND} )
+    ELSE( ${LATEX_COND} AND NOT SKIP_LATEX )
       MESSAGE( STATUS "Checking for LaTeX: not found" )
       SET( BUILD_LATEX "NO" )
-    ENDIF( ${LATEX_COND} )
+    ENDIF( ${LATEX_COND} AND NOT SKIP_LATEX )
 
     ADD_CUSTOM_TARGET( ${DOXYGEN_TARGET}
       ${DOXYGEN_EXECUTABLE} "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/Doxyfile"