diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cf653084a..7e3321091 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -191,6 +191,7 @@ IF (APPLE)
 ENDIF()
 
 OPTION(BUILD_BULLET3 "Set when you want to build Bullet 3" ON)
+OPTION(BUILD_PYBULLET "Set when you want to build pybullet (experimental Python bindings for Bullet)" OFF)
 
 IF(BUILD_BULLET3)
 	 IF(APPLE)
diff --git a/examples/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
index 18c2f16c8..8a974c55b 100644
--- a/examples/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 SUBDIRS( HelloWorld BasicDemo )
 IF(BUILD_BULLET3)
-	SUBDIRS( ExampleBrowser ThirdPartyLibs/Gwen OpenGLWindow pybullet)
+	SUBDIRS( ExampleBrowser ThirdPartyLibs/Gwen OpenGLWindow )
 ENDIF()
-
+IF(BUILD_PYBULLET)
+	SUBDIRS(pybullet)
+ENDIF(BUILD_PYBULLET)