diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 406c53a564e..71895845bc7 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ option(BUILD_DAEMON "Build bitcoind executable." ON)
 option(BUILD_CLI "Build bitcoin-cli executable." ON)
 
 option(BUILD_TESTS "Build test_bitcoin executable." ON)
+option(BUILD_TX "Build bitcoin-tx executable." ${BUILD_TESTS})
 
 option(ENABLE_WALLET "Enable wallet." ON)
 option(WITH_SQLITE "Enable SQLite wallet support." ${ENABLE_WALLET})
@@ -267,6 +268,7 @@ message("=================")
 message("Executables:")
 message("  bitcoind ............................ ${BUILD_DAEMON}")
 message("  bitcoin-cli ......................... ${BUILD_CLI}")
+message("  bitcoin-tx .......................... ${BUILD_TX}")
 message("  bitcoin-wallet ...................... ${BUILD_WALLET_TOOL}")
 message("Optional features:")
 message("  wallet support ...................... ${ENABLE_WALLET}")
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 6eff28fb262..01129ed57c0 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -309,6 +309,17 @@ if(BUILD_CLI)
 endif()
 
 
+if(BUILD_TX)
+  add_executable(bitcoin-tx bitcoin-tx.cpp)
+  target_link_libraries(bitcoin-tx
+    core_interface
+    bitcoin_common
+    bitcoin_util
+    univalue
+  )
+endif()
+
+
 add_subdirectory(test/util)
 if(BUILD_TESTS)
   add_subdirectory(test)