diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ffee487..c282e60 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -60,6 +60,10 @@ set(_WEBRTC_CMAKE_ARGS
     -DTARGET_OS=${TARGET_OS}
     -DWEBRTC_PARENT_DIR:PATH=${CMAKE_BINARY_DIR}/webrtc)
 
+if (BUILD_TESTS)
+  set(_WEBRTC_CMAKE_ARGS ${_WEBRTC_CMAKE_ARGS} -DBUILD_TESTS=${BUILD_TESTS})
+endif (BUILD_TESTS)
+
 if (WEBRTC_BRANCH_HEAD)
   set(_WEBRTC_CMAKE_ARGS ${_WEBRTC_CMAKE_ARGS} -DWEBRTC_BRANCH_HEAD=${WEBRTC_BRANCH_HEAD})
 endif (WEBRTC_BRANCH_HEAD)
diff --git a/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt.in b/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt.in
index 9a3da7a..1203496 100644
--- a/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt.in
+++ b/webrtc/CMakeLists.txt.in
@@ -137,6 +137,11 @@ libwebrtc_command(
 )
 
 set(_NINJA_COMMAND ninja ${NINJA_ARGS} -C ${_NINJA_BUILD_DIR} webrtc system_wrappers_default libjingle_peerconnection)
+
+if (BUILD_TESTS)
+  set(_NINJA_COMMAND ${_NINJA_COMMAND} webrtc_tests)
+endif (BUILD_TESTS)
+
 libwebrtc_command(
     NAME webrtc-build
     COMMAND ${_NINJA_COMMAND}