diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 224032a..3889807 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -26,12 +26,14 @@ add_3rdparty(
     NAME SingleApplication
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY itay-grudev/SingleApplication
     VERSION 3.3.0
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 )
 
 add_3rdparty(
     NAME plog
     GITHUB_REPOSITORY SergiusTheBest/plog
     GIT_TAG 1.1.5
+    EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(GPService)
diff --git a/cmake/Add3rdParty.cmake b/cmake/Add3rdParty.cmake
index cbbb3fd..7f3b8bf 100644
--- a/cmake/Add3rdParty.cmake
+++ b/cmake/Add3rdParty.cmake
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
 include(cmake/CPM.cmake)
 
 function(add_3rdparty)
-    cmake_parse_arguments(add_3rdparty_args "" "NAME" "" ${ARGN})
+    cmake_parse_arguments(add_3rdparty_args "EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL" "NAME" "" ${ARGN})
     set(NAME ${add_3rdparty_args_NAME})
 
     if(EXISTS "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/${NAME}/CMakeLists.txt")
         message(STATUS "Found third party locally for ${NAME}")
 
-        add_subdirectory("${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/${NAME}")
+        if(${add_3rdparty_args_EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL})
+            set(addSubdirectoryExtraArgs EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL)
+        else()
+            set(addSubdirectoryExtraArgs "")
+        endif()
+
+        add_subdirectory(
+            "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/3rdparty/${NAME}"
+            ${addSubdirectoryExtraArgs}
+        )
         return()
     endif()
     message(STATUS "Using CPM to download ${NAME}")