diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 377988780..f8c203184 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -562,8 +562,10 @@ if(LIBXML2_WITH_PYTHON)
 endif()
 
 install(FILES doc/xml2-config.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
-install(FILES doc/xmlcatalog.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
-install(FILES doc/xmllint.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
+if(LIBXML2_WITH_PROGRAMS)
+    install(FILES doc/xmlcatalog.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
+    install(FILES doc/xmllint.1 DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_MANDIR}/man1 COMPONENT documentation)
+endif()
 install(DIRECTORY doc/ DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_DOCDIR} COMPONENT documentation
     PATTERN "Makefile.*" EXCLUDE
     PATTERN "meson.build" EXCLUDE