diff --git a/net-im/toxext/Makefile b/net-im/toxext/Makefile
index a3198e55469d..6a77c0d415d9 100644
--- a/net-im/toxext/Makefile
+++ b/net-im/toxext/Makefile
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
 PORTNAME=	toxext
 DISTVERSIONPREFIX=	v
 DISTVERSION=	0.0.3
 CATEGORIES=	net-im net-p2p
 
 MAINTAINER=	yuri@FreeBSD.org
 COMMENT=	Extension library for tox
 
 LICENSE=	GPLv3
 LICENSE_FILE=	${WRKSRC}/LICENSE
 
 LIB_DEPENDS=	libopus.so:audio/opus \
 		libsodium.so:security/libsodium \
 		libtoxcore.so:net-im/tox \
 		libvpx.so:multimedia/libvpx
 
-USES=		cmake localbase:ldflags pkgconfig
+USES=		cmake:testing localbase:ldflags pkgconfig
 USE_GITHUB=	yes
 
 CMAKE_ON=	BUILD_SHARED_LIBS
+CMAKE_TESTING_ON=	BUILD_TESTS
 
 CFLAGS+=	-fPIC # see https://github.com/toxext/toxext/issues/7
 
 .include <bsd.port.mk>
diff --git a/net-im/toxext/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt b/net-im/toxext/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..eb0ea86f3616
--- /dev/null
+++ b/net-im/toxext/files/patch-CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+--- CMakeLists.txt.orig	2022-03-21 17:46:44 UTC
++++ CMakeLists.txt
+@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ endfunction()
+ add_subdirectory(src)
+ add_subdirectory(mock)
+ 
+-enable_testing()
+-add_subdirectory(test)
++if (BUILD_TESTS)
++	enable_testing()
++	add_subdirectory(test)
++endif()
+ 
+ install(EXPORT ToxExtConfig DESTINATION lib/cmake/ToxExt NAMESPACE ToxExt::)