diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3d22d6ec..0451367c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -544,7 +544,6 @@ endif()
 set(CMAKE_C_FLAGS "${CMAKE_C_FLAGS} ${ARCH_C_FLAGS}")
 set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} ${ARCH_CXX_FLAGS}")
 
-add_subdirectory(util)
 add_subdirectory(doc/dev-reference)
 
 # PCRE check, we have a fixed requirement for PCRE to use Chimera
@@ -604,6 +603,8 @@ set_source_files_properties(
 
 ragelmaker(src/parser/control_verbs.rl)
 
+add_subdirectory(util)
+
 SET(hs_HEADERS
     src/hs.h
     src/hs_common.h