diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1b75688..18d01ef 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -46,19 +46,38 @@ ENDIF ()
 ##################################################
 
 INCLUDE(VigraFindPackage)
+option(WITH_TIFF "Enable tiff support" ON)
+option(WITH_JPEG "Enable jpeg support" ON)
+option(WITH_PNG "Enable png support" ON)
+option(WITH_OPENEXR "Enable openexr support" ON)
+option(WITH_FFTW3 "Enable fftw support" ON)
+option(ENABLE_DOC "Build documentation" ON)
+
+if(WITH_TIFF)
 VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(TIFF NAMES libtiff)
+endif()
+if(WITH_JPEG)
 VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(JPEG NAMES libjpeg)
+endif()
+if(WITH_PNG)
 VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(PNG)
+endif()
+if(WITH_OPENEXR)
 VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(OpenEXR)
+endif()
+if(WITH_FFTW3)
 VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(FFTW3 NAMES libfftw3-3)
 VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(FFTW3F NAMES libfftw3f-3)
+endif()
 IF(WITH_HDF5)
     VIGRA_FIND_PACKAGE(HDF5)
 ENDIF()
 
 SET(DOXYGEN_SKIP_DOT TRUE)
+if(ENABLE_DOC)
 FIND_PACKAGE(Doxygen)
 FIND_PACKAGE(PythonInterp)
+endif()
 
 IF(WITH_VIGRANUMPY)
     FIND_PACKAGE( VIGRANUMPY_DEPENDENCIES )
@@ -317,10 +336,4 @@ ELSE()
   MESSAGE( STATUS "  vigranumpy will NOT be installed" )
 ENDIF()
 
-IF(NOT TIFF_FOUND OR NOT JPEG_FOUND OR NOT PNG_FOUND OR NOT FFTW3_FOUND OR
-   NOT HDF5_FOUND OR NOT VIGRANUMPY_DEPENDENCIES_FOUND)
-  MESSAGE( STATUS "" )
-  MESSAGE( STATUS "Consider setting DEPENDENCY_SEARCH_PREFIX to find missing libraries" )
-ENDIF()
-
 MESSAGE( STATUS "---------------------------------------------------------" )