diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2ecb7b07c..93bd9be9e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -111,8 +111,8 @@ endif()
 option(USE_XMLLINT "Run xmllint to test if data/cameras.xml is valid" ON)
 option(USE_IWYU "Run iwyu tool when compiling sources" OFF)
 option(USE_CLANG_TIDY "Run clang-tidy tool when compiling sources" OFF)
-option(BUILD_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON)
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+option(BUILD_RS_TESTING "Build the testing tree." ON)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   option(ALLOW_DOWNLOADING_GOOGLETEST "If googletest src tree is not found in location specified by GOOGLETEST_PATH, do fetch the archive from internet" OFF)
 else()
   set(ALLOW_DOWNLOADING_GOOGLETEST OFF CACHE BOOL "If googletest src tree is not found in location specified by GOOGLETEST_PATH, do fetch the archive from internet" FORCE)
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ if((UNIX OR APPLE) AND USE_CLANG_TIDY)
   include(clang-tidy)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   enable_testing()
 endif()
 
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ include(src-dependencies)
 
 add_subdirectory(src)
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   add_subdirectory(test)
 endif()
 
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ if(BUILD_DOCS)
   add_subdirectory(docs)
 endif()
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING AND RAWSPEED_COVERAGE_BUILD)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING AND RAWSPEED_COVERAGE_BUILD)
   if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang")
     include(llvm-profdata)
     include(llvm-cov)
diff --git a/cmake/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake.in b/cmake/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake.in
index 8a8e17a6e..89e0ca9c0 100644
--- a/cmake/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake.in
+++ b/cmake/Modules/GoogleTest.cmake.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ if(EXISTS "${GOOGLETEST_PATH}"            AND IS_DIRECTORY "${GOOGLETEST_PATH}"
   )
 else()
   if(NOT ALLOW_DOWNLOADING_GOOGLETEST)
-    message(SEND_ERROR "Did not find Google Test sources! Either pass correct path in GOOGLETEST_PATH, or enable ALLOW_DOWNLOADING_GOOGLETEST, or disable BUILD_TESTING.")
+    message(SEND_ERROR "Did not find Google Test sources! Either pass correct path in GOOGLETEST_PATH, or enable ALLOW_DOWNLOADING_GOOGLETEST, or disable BUILD_RS_TESTING.")
   else()
     message(WARNING "Did not find Google Test sources! Fetching from web...")
     ExternalProject_Add(
diff --git a/cmake/build-type.cmake b/cmake/build-type.cmake
index 4c15761b6..853bb3538 100644
--- a/cmake/build-type.cmake
+++ b/cmake/build-type.cmake
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ if(NOT CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE)
 
   set(default_build_type "RelWithDebInfo")
 
-  if(BUILD_TESTING)
+  if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
     if(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "GNU")
       set(default_build_type "Coverage")
     else()
diff --git a/cmake/src-dependencies.cmake b/cmake/src-dependencies.cmake
index 52e716cee..1b2c82c07 100644
--- a/cmake/src-dependencies.cmake
+++ b/cmake/src-dependencies.cmake
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 include(FeatureSummary)
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   # for the actual gtest:
 
   # at least in debian, they are the package only installs their source code,
diff --git a/lnt/CMakeLists.txt b/lnt/CMakeLists.txt
index 9d34676a7..2f787b5ea 100644
--- a/lnt/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/lnt/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ get_filename_component(RAWSPEED_SOURCE_DIR "${RAWSPEED_LNT_SOURCE_DIR}/../" REAL
 
 # By default, try to build everything we possibly can.
 set(BUILD_TOOLS ON CACHE BOOL "")
-set(BUILD_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "")
+set(BUILD_RS_TESTING ON CACHE BOOL "")
 set(BUILD_FUZZERS ON CACHE BOOL "")
 set(BUILD_BENCHMARKING ON CACHE BOOL "")
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ set(BUILD_BENCHMARKING ON CACHE BOOL "")
 if(TEST_SUITE_BENCHMARKING_ONLY)
   set(BUILD_BENCHMARKING ON CACHE BOOL "" FORCE)
 
-  set(BUILD_TESTING OFF)
+  set(BUILD_RS_TESTING OFF)
   set(BUILD_FUZZERS OFF)
 
   # Only build stuff we will *REALLY* need.
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ test_suite_add_build_dependencies(dependencies)
 if(TARGET benchmark)
   test_suite_add_build_dependencies(benchmark)
 endif()
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   test_suite_add_build_dependencies(gtest)
   test_suite_add_build_dependencies(gtest_main)
   test_suite_add_build_dependencies(gmock)
diff --git a/src/utilities/identify/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utilities/identify/CMakeLists.txt
index bea65e5db..1cf1fb566 100644
--- a/src/utilities/identify/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utilities/identify/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(${rsidentify} rawspeed_get_number_of_processor_cores)
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   rawspeed_add_test(NAME utilities/${rsidentify} COMMAND ${rsidentify}
                     WORKING_DIRECTORY "$<TARGET_PROPERTY:rawspeed_get_number_of_processor_cores,BINARY_DIR>")
 endif()
diff --git a/src/utilities/rstest/CMakeLists.txt b/src/utilities/rstest/CMakeLists.txt
index 02dfc3d86..5f91b5f23 100644
--- a/src/utilities/rstest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/utilities/rstest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-if(NOT BUILD_TESTING)
+if(NOT BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   set_directory_properties(PROPERTIES EXCLUDE_FROM_ALL ON)
 endif()
 
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(rstest rawspeed_get_number_of_processor_cores)
 
-if(BUILD_TESTING)
+if(BUILD_RS_TESTING)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG_AND_ENABLE_IT(-Wno-suggest-attribute=const)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG_AND_ENABLE_IT(-Wno-suggest-override)
   CHECK_CXX_COMPILER_FLAG_AND_ENABLE_IT(-Wno-missing-prototypes)