diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 9c113ad4cb..9c776b2fba 100755
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ option(BUILD_WRAPPER "Rebuild AMDSMI-wrapper" OFF)
 option(BUILD_CLI "Build AMDSMI-CLI and install" ON)
 option(ENABLE_LDCONFIG "Set library links and caches using ldconfig." ON)
 option(ENABLE_ASAN_PACKAGING "" OFF)
+option(ENABLE_ESMI_LIB "" OFF)
 
 # Set share path here because project name != amd_smi
 set(SHARE_INSTALL_PREFIX "share/${AMD_SMI}" CACHE STRING "Tests and Example install directory")
@@ -91,7 +92,8 @@ set(COMMON_INC_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/amd_smi")
 set(AMDSMI_INC_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/include/amd_smi")
 set(ROCM_INC_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/rocm_smi/include/rocm_smi")
 set(SHR_MUTEX_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/third_party/shared_mutex")
-if(EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/e_smi_library/src)
+if(ENABLE_ESMI_LIB)
+if((EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/e_smi_library/src) AND (EXISTS ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/e_smi_library/src/e_smi_plat.c))
 	set(ESMI_AVAILABLE TRUE)
 else()
 	message("E-smi source not found. Errors will be encountered during compilation!!!")
@@ -100,6 +102,7 @@ if(ESMI_AVAILABLE)
 	set(ESMI_INC_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/e_smi_library/include")
 	set(ESMI_SRC_DIR "${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/e_smi_library/src")
 endif()
+endif()
 
 pkg_check_modules(DRM REQUIRED libdrm)
 pkg_check_modules(AMDGPU_DRM REQUIRED libdrm_amdgpu)