diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 3629ec68a..190573745 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,39 @@ list(APPEND CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/cmake")
 # User options.
 option(OPENMP "use OpenMP threading" ON)
 option(ENABLE_DOCS "Enable generation of doxygen-based documentation." OFF)
+
+# Utilities to be built (Default: ALL)
+option(ICEBLEND "Enable building emcsfc_ice_blend.fd" ON)
+option(SNOW2MDL "Enable building emcsfc_snow2mdl.fd" ON)
+option(GCYCLE "Enable building global_cycle.fd" ON)
+option(FRENCTOOLS "Enable building fre-nctools.fd" ON)
+option(GRIDTOOLS "Enable building grid_tools.fd" ON)
+option(CHGRES "Enable building chgres_cube.fd" ON)
+option(OROG_MASK_TOOLS "Enable building orog_mask_tools.fd" ON)
+option(SFC_CLIMO_GEN "Enable building sfc_climo_gen.fd" ON)
+option(VCOORD_GEN "Enable building vcoord_gen.fd" ON)
+option(FVCOMTOOLS "Enable building fvcom_tools.fd" ON)
+option(GBLEVENTS "Enable building gblevents.fd" ON)
+option(CPLD_GRIDGEN "Enable building cpld_gridgen.fd" ON)
+option(WEIGHT_GEN "Enable building weight_gen.fd" ON)
+
+# Option to build application specific utilities
+option(GFS "Enable building GFS-only utilities" OFF)
+
+# When building the GFS, the following need not be built
+if(GFS)
+  message(STATUS "Building utilities specific to the GFS")
+  set(FRENCTOOLS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building fre-nctools.fd" FORCE)
+  set(GRIDTOOLS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building grid_tools.fd" FORCE)
+  set(OROG_MASK_TOOLS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building orog_mask_tools.fd" FORCE)
+  set(SFC_CLIMO_GEN OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building sfc_climo_gen.fd" FORCE)
+  set(VCOORD_GEN OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building vcoord_gen.fd" FORCE)
+  set(FVCOMTOOLS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building fvcom_tools.fd" FORCE)
+  set(GBLEVENTS OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building gblevents.fd" FORCE)
+  set(CPLD_GRIDGEN OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building cpld_gridgen.fd" FORCE)
+  set(WEIGHT_GEN OFF CACHE BOOL "Disable building weight_gen.fd" FORCE)
+endif()
+
 SET(TEST_FILE_DIR "." CACHE STRING "Check this directory for test files before using FTP.")
 
 # Set the build type.
@@ -80,7 +113,7 @@ find_package(sigio 2.3.0 REQUIRED)
 if(ENABLE_DOCS)
   find_package(Doxygen REQUIRED)
   set(abs_top_srcdir "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}")
-  add_subdirectory(docs)  
+  add_subdirectory(docs)
 endif()
 
 add_subdirectory(sorc)
diff --git a/build_all.sh b/build_all.sh
index 9f9f090ae..41d380f14 100755
--- a/build_all.sh
+++ b/build_all.sh
@@ -26,26 +26,21 @@ else
  set -x
 fi
 
-
 # The unit test data download is part of the build system. Not all machines can
 # access the EMC ftp site, so turn off the build (-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF) of the units tests accordingly.
 # Those with access to the EMC ftp site are: Orion and Hera.
 
-if [[ "$target" == "hera" || "$target" == "orion" || "$target" == "wcoss2" ]]; then
-   CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=exec -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
-   #CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=exec -DBUILD_TESTING=ON"
-   #CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=exec -DENABLE_DOCS=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=ON"
-else
-  CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=exec -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
-   #CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=exec -DENABLE_DOCS=ON -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
-fi
+CMAKE_FLAGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../ -DCMAKE_INSTALL_BINDIR=exec -DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
+
+# Allow users of this script to provide CMake options e.g. -DGFS=ON|OFF to build GFS specific utilities only
+CMAKE_OPTS=${CMAKE_OPTS:-}
 
 rm -fr ./build
 mkdir ./build && cd ./build
 
-cmake .. ${CMAKE_FLAGS}
+cmake .. ${CMAKE_FLAGS} ${CMAKE_OPTS}
 
-make -j 8 VERBOSE=1
+make -j ${BUILD_JOBS:-8} VERBOSE=${BUILD_VERBOSE:-}
 make install
 
 #ctest
diff --git a/sorc/CMakeLists.txt b/sorc/CMakeLists.txt
index d13e43c72..f238e2f76 100644
--- a/sorc/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/sorc/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,21 +2,47 @@
 # UFS_UTILS project.
 #
 # George Gayno
-add_subdirectory(emcsfc_ice_blend.fd)
-add_subdirectory(emcsfc_snow2mdl.fd)
-if (OpenMP_FOUND)
-  add_subdirectory(global_cycle.fd)
-  add_subdirectory(lsm_routines.fd)
-else()
-  message(STATUS "OpenMP is required for global_cycle.fd and was NOT found, skipping ...")
-endif()
-add_subdirectory(fre-nctools.fd)
-add_subdirectory(grid_tools.fd)
-add_subdirectory(chgres_cube.fd)
-add_subdirectory(orog_mask_tools.fd)
-add_subdirectory(sfc_climo_gen.fd)
-add_subdirectory(vcoord_gen.fd)
-add_subdirectory(fvcom_tools.fd)
-add_subdirectory(gblevents.fd)
+if(ICEBLEND)
+  add_subdirectory(emcsfc_ice_blend.fd)
+endif()
+if(SNOW2MDL)
+  add_subdirectory(emcsfc_snow2mdl.fd)
+endif()
+if(GCYCLE)
+  if (OpenMP_Fortran_FOUND)
+    add_subdirectory(global_cycle.fd)
+    add_subdirectory(lsm_routines.fd)
+  else()
+    message(STATUS "OpenMP is required for global_cycle.fd and was NOT found, skipping ...")
+  endif()
+endif()
+if(FRENCTOOLS)
+  add_subdirectory(fre-nctools.fd)
+endif()
+if(GRIDTOOLS)
+  add_subdirectory(grid_tools.fd)
+endif()
+if(CHGRES)
+  add_subdirectory(chgres_cube.fd)
+endif()
+if(OROG_MASK_TOOLS)
+  add_subdirectory(orog_mask_tools.fd)
+endif()
+if(SFC_CLIMO_GEN)
+  add_subdirectory(sfc_climo_gen.fd)
+endif()
+if(VCOORD_GEN)
+  add_subdirectory(vcoord_gen.fd)
+endif()
+if(FVCOMTOOLS)
+  add_subdirectory(fvcom_tools.fd)
+endif()
+if(GBLEVENTS)
+  add_subdirectory(gblevents.fd)
+endif()
+if(CPLD_GRIDGEN)
 add_subdirectory(cpld_gridgen.fd)
-add_subdirectory(weight_gen.fd)
+endif()
+if(WEIGHT_GEN)
+  add_subdirectory(weight_gen.fd)
+endif()