diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 71895845bc7..035a8e43ab4 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ option(BUILD_CLI "Build bitcoin-cli executable." ON)
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test_bitcoin executable." ON)
 option(BUILD_TX "Build bitcoin-tx executable." ${BUILD_TESTS})
+option(BUILD_UTIL "Build bitcoin-util executable." ${BUILD_TESTS})
 
 option(ENABLE_WALLET "Enable wallet." ON)
 option(WITH_SQLITE "Enable SQLite wallet support." ${ENABLE_WALLET})
@@ -269,6 +270,7 @@ message("Executables:")
 message("  bitcoind ............................ ${BUILD_DAEMON}")
 message("  bitcoin-cli ......................... ${BUILD_CLI}")
 message("  bitcoin-tx .......................... ${BUILD_TX}")
+message("  bitcoin-util ........................ ${BUILD_UTIL}")
 message("  bitcoin-wallet ...................... ${BUILD_WALLET_TOOL}")
 message("Optional features:")
 message("  wallet support ...................... ${ENABLE_WALLET}")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 01129ed57c0..feac9c4b0c7 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -320,6 +320,16 @@ if(BUILD_TX)
 endif()
 
 
+if(BUILD_UTIL)
+  add_executable(bitcoin-util bitcoin-util.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(bitcoin-util
+    core_interface
+    bitcoin_common
+    bitcoin_util
+  )
+endif()
+
+
 add_subdirectory(test/util)
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(test)