diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 6128f099..b719edf6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0
   - `BUILD_POLYBAR_MSG=ON` - Builds the `polybar-msg` executable
   - `BUILD_TESTS=OFF` - Builds the test suite
   - `BUILD_DOC=ON` - Builds the documentation
+  - `BUILD_DOC_HTML=BUILD_DOC` - Builds the html documentation (depends on `BUILD_DOC`)
+  - `BUILD_DOC_MAN=BUILD_DOC` - Builds the manpages (depends on `BUILD_DOC`)
   - `DISABLE_ALL=OFF` - Disables all above targets by default. Individual
     targets can still be enabled explicitly.
 - The documentation can no longer be built by directly configuring the `doc`
diff --git a/cmake/01-core.cmake b/cmake/01-core.cmake
index 27980a1b..4c94f1fd 100644
--- a/cmake/01-core.cmake
+++ b/cmake/01-core.cmake
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ option(BUILD_POLYBAR_MSG "Build polybar-msg" ${DEFAULT_ON})
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build testsuite" OFF)
 option(BUILD_DOC "Build documentation" ${DEFAULT_ON})
 
+include(CMakeDependentOption)
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(BUILD_DOC_HTML "Build HTML documentation" ON "BUILD_DOC" OFF)
+CMAKE_DEPENDENT_OPTION(BUILD_DOC_MAN "Build manpages" ON "BUILD_DOC" OFF)
+
 if (BUILD_POLYBAR OR BUILD_TESTS)
   set(BUILD_LIBPOLY ON)
 else()
diff --git a/cmake/05-summary.cmake b/cmake/05-summary.cmake
index 70e10d86..61d24c3e 100644
--- a/cmake/05-summary.cmake
+++ b/cmake/05-summary.cmake
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ colored_option("   polybar" BUILD_POLYBAR)
 colored_option("   polybar-msg" BUILD_POLYBAR_MSG)
 colored_option("   testsuite" BUILD_TESTS)
 colored_option("   documentation" BUILD_DOC)
+colored_option("      html" BUILD_DOC_HTML)
+colored_option("      man" BUILD_DOC_MAN)
 
 if (BUILD_LIBPOLY)
   message(STATUS " Module support:")
diff --git a/doc/CMakeLists.txt b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
index 59a15396..006eaf97 100644
--- a/doc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/doc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,7 +15,13 @@ set(doc_path "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}")
 configure_file(conf.py conf.py @ONLY)
 
 # We want to run `sphinx-build` with the following builders
-set(doc_builders "html" "man")
+if (BUILD_DOC_HTML)
+  list(APPEND doc_builders "html")
+endif()
+
+if (BUILD_DOC_MAN)
+  list(APPEND doc_builders "man")
+endif()
 
 # Name of all documentation targets
 set(doc_targets "")