diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 8f1c9ad..a62195b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ if (NOT MYSQL_FOUND)
     MESSAGE(FATAL_ERROR "Could not find MySQL or MariaDB client libraries")
 endif ()
 
-#option(BUILD_DOCS "Build the documentation" ON)
+option(BUILD_DOCS "Build the documentation" ON)
 
-#if (BUILD_DOCS)
-#  add_subdirectory(docs)
-#endif (BUILD_DOCS)
+if (BUILD_DOCS)
+  add_subdirectory(docs)
+endif (BUILD_DOCS)
 
 if (PC_GLIB2_VERSION VERSION_GREATER "2.51")
   option(WITH_GLIB_uuid_string_random "uuid_string_random not available" ON)