--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -534,8 +534,6 @@ INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(
 MYSQL_CHECK_ZLIB_WITH_COMPRESS()
 # Add bundled yassl/taocrypt or system openssl.
 MYSQL_CHECK_SSL()
-# Add system/bundled editline.
-MYSQL_CHECK_EDITLINE()
 # Add libevent
 MYSQL_CHECK_LIBEVENT()
 # Add lz4 library
@@ -624,7 +622,10 @@ IF(WITH_UNIT_TESTS)
  ENABLE_TESTING()
 ENDIF()
 
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(include)
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+  ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(include)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(dbug)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(strings)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(vio)
@@ -665,7 +666,6 @@ IF(WITH_UNIT_TESTS)
 ENDIF()
 
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(extra)
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(client)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(sql/share)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libservices)
 
@@ -673,11 +673,20 @@ IF(UNIX)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(man)
 ENDIF()
 
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+  # Add system/bundled editline
+  MYSQL_CHECK_EDITLINE()
+  ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(client)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+
 IF(NOT WITHOUT_SERVER)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(testclients)
   ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(sql)
   OPTION (WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER "Compile MySQL with embedded server" OFF)
   IF(WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER) 
+   IF(WITHOUT_TOOLS)
+     MYSQL_CHECK_EDITLINE()
+   ENDIF(WITHOUT_TOOLS)
    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmysqld)
    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(libmysqld/examples)
   ENDIF(WITH_EMBEDDED_SERVER)
--- a/extra/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/extra/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,12 +72,16 @@ IF (WIN32 AND WITH_SSL_PATH AND HAVE_CRYPTO_DLL)
   ADD_DEPENDENCIES(GenError copy_openssl_extra)
 ENDIF()
 
-
-MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_print_defaults my_print_defaults.c)
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+  MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_print_defaults my_print_defaults.c)
+  MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror perror.c)
+ELSE(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+  ADD_EXECUTABLE(my_print_defaults my_print_defaults.c)
+  ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror perror.c)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(my_print_defaults  mysys mysys_ssl)
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(my_print_defaults PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
 
-MYSQL_ADD_EXECUTABLE(perror perror.c)
 ADD_DEPENDENCIES(perror GenError)
 TARGET_LINK_LIBRARIES(perror mysys mysys_ssl)
 SET_TARGET_PROPERTIES(perror PROPERTIES LINKER_LANGUAGE CXX)
--- a/libmysql/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/libmysql/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -231,12 +231,17 @@ IF(WIN32)
   LIST(APPEND LIBS auth_win_client)
 ENDIF()
 
-# LDAP authentication SASL client plugin
-MESSAGE(STATUS "Creating LDAP authentication SASL client library.")
-ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(authentication_ldap)
-  
-# Merge several convenience libraries into one big perconaserverclient
-MERGE_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARIES(perconaserverclient ${LIBS} COMPONENT Development)
+IF(WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+  # Merge several convenience libraries into one big perconaserverclient
+  MERGE_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARIES(perconaserverclient ${LIBS} COMPONENT Development SKIP_INSTALL)
+ELSE(WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+  # LDAP authentication SASL client plugin
+  MESSAGE(STATUS "Creating LDAP authentication SASL client library.")
+  ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(authentication_ldap)
+
+  # Merge several convenience libraries into one big perconaserverclient
+  MERGE_CONVENIENCE_LIBRARIES(perconaserverclient ${LIBS} COMPONENT Development)
+ENDIF(WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
 
 # Visual Studio users need debug  static library for debug projects
 IF(MSVC)
@@ -283,9 +288,15 @@ ENDIF()
 IF(NOT DISABLE_SHARED)
   # Merge several convenience libraries into one big perconaserverclient
   # and link them together into shared library.
+IF(WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+  MERGE_LIBRARIES_SHARED(libmysql ${LIBS}
+    EXPORTS ${CLIENT_API_FUNCTIONS} ${CLIENT_API_FUNCTIONS_UNDOCUMENTED}
+    COMPONENT SharedLibraries SKIP_INSTALL)
+ELSE(WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   MERGE_LIBRARIES_SHARED(libmysql ${LIBS}
     EXPORTS ${CLIENT_API_FUNCTIONS} ${CLIENT_API_FUNCTIONS_UNDOCUMENTED}
     COMPONENT SharedLibraries)
+ENDIF(WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   IF(UNIX)
     # libtool compatability
     IF(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME MATCHES "FreeBSD" OR APPLE)
--- a/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/scripts/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -411,7 +411,6 @@ ELSE()
 
   IF(WITH_SYSTEMD)
     SET(BIN_SCRIPTS
-      mysql_config
       mysqldumpslow
       ps_tokudb_admin
       ps_mysqld_helper
@@ -419,7 +418,6 @@ ELSE()
       )
   ELSE()
     SET(BIN_SCRIPTS
-      mysql_config
       mysqldumpslow
       mysqld_multi
       mysqld_safe
@@ -429,6 +427,13 @@ ELSE()
       )
   ENDIF()
 
+  IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+    SET(BIN_SCRIPTS
+      ${BIN_SCRIPTS}
+      mysql_config
+    )
+  ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
+
   SET(PKGCONFIG_FILE ${LIBMYSQL_OS_OUTPUT_NAME}.pc)
   STRING(REGEX REPLACE "/mysql$" "" PKGCONFIG_DIR "${INSTALL_LIBDIR}")
   SET(PKGCONFIG_DIR "${PKGCONFIG_DIR}/pkgconfig")
@@ -443,7 +448,7 @@ ELSE()
     ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PKGCONFIG_FILE}
     ESCAPE_QUOTES @ONLY)
 
-  IF(INSTALL_PKGCONFIGDIR)
+  IF(INSTALL_PKGCONFIGDIR AND NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
     MESSAGE(STATUS "INSTALL ${PKGCONFIG_FILE} ${INSTALL_PKGCONFIGDIR}")
     INSTALL(FILES
       ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/${PKGCONFIG_FILE}
--- a/support-files/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/support-files/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -59,8 +59,9 @@ IF(UNIX)
   IF(INSTALL_SUPPORTFILESDIR)
     INSTALL(FILES magic DESTINATION ${inst_location} COMPONENT SupportFiles)
   ENDIF()
-
+IF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   INSTALL(FILES mysql.m4 DESTINATION ${INSTALL_SHAREDIR}/aclocal COMPONENT Development)
+ENDIF(NOT WITHOUT_CLIENTLIBS)
   
   SET(bindir ${prefix}/${INSTALL_BINDIR})
   SET(sbindir ${prefix}/${INSTALL_SBINDIR})