diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 05d3437c60bbd44f973b6469aa5cf79b787bc7a3..e24c017ad440eb764bdb96dbb5e3ba29aae62126 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ option(BUILD_TESTS "Uses googletest to build tests" OFF)
 option(BUILD_INTEGRATION_TESTS "Include integration tests (CMAKE >3.7 is needed)" OFF)
 option(BUILD_CPP_DOCS "Uses doxygen to build the C++ documentaion" OFF)
 option(BUILD_BROKER "Build broker" OFF)
+option(BUILD_EVENT_MONITOR_PRODUCER "Build the event monitor producer" OFF)
 option(BUILD_PYTHON_DOCS "Uses sphinx to build the Python documentaion" OFF)
 
 option(BUILD_CONSUMER_TOOLS "Build consumer tools" OFF)
diff --git a/deploy/build_env/Centos7.7/build.sh b/deploy/build_env/Centos7.7/build.sh
index 40318cb213fe0c5090b888e67c2e8a6db996f000..b902e0e679a08c4af1a4ec85aa5e424673654638 100755
--- a/deploy/build_env/Centos7.7/build.sh
+++ b/deploy/build_env/Centos7.7/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 cd /asapo/build
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" -DLIBCURL_DIR=/curl -DBUILD_PYTHON_DOCS=ON ..
+cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" \
+    -DLIBCURL_DIR=/curl \
+    -DBUILD_PYTHON_DOCS=ON \
+    -DBUILD_EVENT_MONITOR_PRODUCER=ON \
+    ..
 cd consumer && make
 cd ../producer && make
 cd ../sphinx && make
diff --git a/deploy/build_env/Ubuntu16.04/build.sh b/deploy/build_env/Ubuntu16.04/build.sh
index d399e3811718f0b7223cab83caa9f99b1dbbf02b..cd34659e4cb618d0efe93305f5b399c12ad039e2 100755
--- a/deploy/build_env/Ubuntu16.04/build.sh
+++ b/deploy/build_env/Ubuntu16.04/build.sh
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 
 cd /asapo/build
-cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" -DLIBCURL_DIR=/curl -DBUILD_PYTHON_DOCS=ON ..
+cmake \
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE="Release" \
+    -DLIBCURL_DIR=/curl \
+    -DBUILD_PYTHON_DOCS=ON \
+    -DBUILD_EVENT_MONITOR_PRODUCER=ON \
+    ..
 cd consumer && make
 cd ../producer && make
 cd ../docs/sphinx && make
diff --git a/producer/CMakeLists.txt b/producer/CMakeLists.txt
index 62ecdca0cdcb1fa34c4619e5b93da4377ad2159e..3c8560c158c9f3cabadc119cc4baae3205d4f3d1 100644
--- a/producer/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/producer/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 add_subdirectory(api/cpp)
 add_subdirectory(api/python)
 
-add_subdirectory(event_monitor_producer)
+if(BUILD_EVENT_MONITOR_PRODUCER)
+    add_subdirectory(event_monitor_producer)
+endif(BUILD_EVENT_MONITOR_PRODUCER)