diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 7831a17e..5d308795 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -625,7 +625,11 @@ if (USER_SOURCE AND OUTPUT_EXE)
 
   add_executable(${OUTPUT_EXE} ${USER_SOURCE})
   target_link_libraries(${OUTPUT_EXE} PUBLIC QuEST)
-  install(TARGETS ${OUTPUT_EXE} RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+   
+  if (INSTALL_BINARIES)
+    install(TARGETS ${OUTPUT_EXE} RUNTIME DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR})
+  endif()
+  
   setup_quest_rpath(${OUTPUT_EXE})
 endif()
 
diff --git a/docs/cmake.md b/docs/cmake.md
index 9240b679..d3c23ee4 100644
--- a/docs/cmake.md
+++ b/docs/cmake.md
@@ -36,8 +36,9 @@ make
 | `VERBOSE_LIB_NAME` | (`OFF`), `ON` | When turned on `LIB_NAME` will be modified according to the other configuration options chosen. For example compiling QuEST with multithreading, distribution, and double precision with `VERBOSE_LIB_NAME` turned on creates `libQuEST-fp2+mt+mpi.so`. |
 | `FLOAT_PRECISION` | (`2`), `1`, `4` | Determines which floating-point precision QuEST will use: double, single, or quad. *Note: Quad precision is not supported when also compiling for GPU.* |
 | `BUILD_EXAMPLES` | (`OFF`), `ON` | Determines whether the example programs will be built alongside QuEST. Note that `min_example` is always built. |
-| `ENABLE_MULTITHREADING` | (`ON`), OFF | Determines whether QuEST will be built with support for parallelisation with OpenMP. |
-| `ENABLE_DISTRIBUTION` | (`OFF`), ON | Determines whether QuEST will be built with support for parallelisation with MPI. |
+| `INSTALL_BINARIES` | (`OFF`), `ON` | Determines whether compiled binaries such as the examples will be installed as well as the QuEST library. |
+| `ENABLE_MULTITHREADING` | (`ON`), `OFF` | Determines whether QuEST will be built with support for parallelisation with OpenMP. |
+| `ENABLE_DISTRIBUTION` | (`OFF`), `ON` | Determines whether QuEST will be built with support for parallelisation with MPI. |
 | `ENABLE_CUDA` | (`OFF`), `ON` | Determines whether QuEST will be built with support for NVIDIA GPU acceleration. If turned on, `CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES` should probably also be set. |
 | `ENABLE_CUQUANTUM` | (`OFF`), `ON` | Determines whether QuEST will make use of the NVIDIA CuQuantum library. Cannot be turned on if `ENABLE_CUDA` is off. |
 | `ENABLE_HIP` | (`OFF`), `ON` | Determines whether QuEST will be built with support for AMD GPU acceleration. If turned on, `CMAKE_HIP_ARCHITECTURES` should probably also be set. |