diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 532491273..d7da0ebba 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -31,22 +31,28 @@ ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/tests/CTestCustom.cmake)
 ### Tests
     add_subdirectory(tests)
 
-### Font Embedder
-
-    set(fontembedder_SRCS fontembedder.cpp )
-    kde4_add_executable(fontembedder ${fontembedder_SRCS})
-    target_link_libraries(fontembedder  ${KDE4_KIO_LIBS} )
-
-### Line graphics font
-
+### Font Embedder and LineFont.h
+    option(KONSOLE_BUILD_FONTEMBEDDER "Konsole: build fontembedder executable" OFF)
     option(KONSOLE_GENERATE_LINEFONT "Konsole: regenerate LineFont file" OFF)
 
-    if(KONSOLE_GENERATE_LINEFONT)
-	    add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LineFont.h
-                           COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fontembedder
-                           ARGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LineFont.src
-                           DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LineFont.src )
-    endif(KONSOLE_GENERATE_LINEFONT)
+    ### Use cmake -DKONSOLE_BUILD_FONTEMBEDDER or/and -DKONSOLE_GENERATE_LINEFONT=1
+    if(KONSOLE_BUILD_FONTEMBEDDER OR KONSOLE_GENERATE_LINEFONT)
+        ### Font Embedder
+        set(fontembedder_SRCS fontembedder.cpp )
+        kde4_add_executable(fontembedder ${fontembedder_SRCS})
+        target_link_libraries(fontembedder  ${KDE4_KIO_LIBS} )
+
+        ### Line graphics font
+        ### The below cmake doesn't work; it might be possible to automate it
+        ###   if LineFont.src has changed.  If automated, different OSes will
+        ###   need to be handled.
+        ###   If LineFont.h is needed to be recreated use:
+        ###     fontembedder LineFont.src > LineFont.h
+        #add_custom_command(OUTPUT ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LineFont.h
+        #                   COMMAND ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/fontembedder
+        #                   ARGS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LineFont.src
+        #                   DEPENDS ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/LineFont.src )
+     endif(KONSOLE_BUILD_FONTEMBEDDER OR KONSOLE_GENERATE_LINEFONT)
 
 ### Konsole source files shared between embedded terminal and main application
     # qdbuscpp2xml -m  Session.h -o org.kde.konsole.Session.xml