diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 0be6a812..b5b1446d 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ include (DetectCPPZMQVersion)
 
 project(cppzmq VERSION ${DETECTED_CPPZMQ_VERSION})
 
+option(CPPZMQ_ENABLE_INSTALL "Generate the install target" ON )
+
 find_package(ZeroMQ QUIET)
 
 # libzmq autotools install: fallback to pkg-config
@@ -49,41 +51,52 @@ foreach (target cppzmq cppzmq-static)
                                                  $<INSTALL_INTERFACE:include>)
 endforeach()
 
-target_link_libraries(cppzmq INTERFACE libzmq)
+if(NOT TARGET libzmq)
+target_link_libraries(cppzmq INTERFACE ${ZeroMQ_LIBRARY} )
+else()
+target_link_libraries(cppzmq INTERFACE libzmq )
+endif()
+
+if(NOT TARGET libzmq-static)
+target_link_libraries(cppzmq-static INTERFACE ${ZeroMQ_STATIC_LIBRARY})
+else()
 target_link_libraries(cppzmq-static INTERFACE libzmq-static)
+endif()
 
-include(GNUInstallDirs)
-include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
-
-install(TARGETS cppzmq cppzmq-static
-        EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets)
-
-install(FILES ${CPPZMQ_HEADERS}
-        DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
-
-# GNUInstallDirs "DATADIR" wrong here; CMake search path wants "share".
-set(CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR "share/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}" CACHE STRING "install path for cppzmqConfig.cmake")
-
-configure_file(libzmq-pkg-config/FindZeroMQ.cmake
-               libzmq-pkg-config/FindZeroMQ.cmake
-               COPYONLY)
-
-export(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
-     FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Targets.cmake")
-configure_package_config_file(${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake.in
-                              "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake"
-                              INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
-write_basic_package_version_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
-                                 VERSION ${CPPZMQ_VERSION}
-                                 COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
-install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
-        FILE ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets.cmake
-        DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
-              ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
-              DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
-install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libzmq-pkg-config/FindZeroMQ.cmake
-              DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}/libzmq-pkg-config)
+if(CPPZMQ_ENABLE_INSTALL)
+    include(GNUInstallDirs)
+    include(CMakePackageConfigHelpers)
+
+    install(TARGETS cppzmq cppzmq-static
+            EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets)
+
+    install(FILES ${CPPZMQ_HEADERS}
+            DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR})
+
+    # GNUInstallDirs "DATADIR" wrong here; CMake search path wants "share".
+    set(CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR "share/cmake/${PROJECT_NAME}" CACHE STRING "install path for cppzmqConfig.cmake")
+
+    configure_file(libzmq-pkg-config/FindZeroMQ.cmake
+                libzmq-pkg-config/FindZeroMQ.cmake
+                COPYONLY)
+
+    export(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
+        FILE "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Targets.cmake")
+    configure_package_config_file(${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake.in
+                                "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake"
+                                INSTALL_DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
+    write_basic_package_version_file(${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
+                                    VERSION ${CPPZMQ_VERSION}
+                                    COMPATIBILITY AnyNewerVersion)
+    install(EXPORT ${PROJECT_NAME}-targets
+            FILE ${PROJECT_NAME}Targets.cmake
+            DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}Config.cmake
+            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PROJECT_NAME}ConfigVersion.cmake
+            DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR})
+    install(FILES ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/libzmq-pkg-config/FindZeroMQ.cmake
+            DESTINATION ${CPPZMQ_CMAKECONFIG_INSTALL_DIR}/libzmq-pkg-config)              
+endif()
 
 option(CPPZMQ_BUILD_TESTS "Whether or not to build the tests" ON)