diff --git a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
index 0b1f77a..07b6ad2 100644
--- a/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googlemock/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 # ctest.  You can select which tests to run using 'ctest -R regex'.
 # For more options, run 'ctest --help'.
 
-# BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is a standard CMake variable, but we declare it here to
-# make it prominent in the GUI.
-option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries (DLLs)." OFF)
-
 option(gmock_build_tests "Build all of Google Mock's own tests." OFF)
 
 # A directory to find Google Test sources.
@@ -55,6 +51,20 @@
 # if they are the same (the default).
 add_subdirectory("${gtest_dir}" "${gmock_BINARY_DIR}/gtest")
 
+
+# These commands only run if this is the main project
+if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "gmock" OR CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "googletest-distribution")
+
+  # BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is a standard CMake variable, but we declare it here to
+  # make it prominent in the GUI.
+  option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries (DLLs)." OFF)
+
+else()
+
+  mark_as_advanced(gmock_build_tests)
+
+endif()
+
 # Although Google Test's CMakeLists.txt calls this function, the
 # changes there don't affect the current scope.  Therefore we have to
 # call it again here.
diff --git a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
index 6a917bb..2c735f6 100644
--- a/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/googletest/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -5,10 +5,6 @@
 # ctest.  You can select which tests to run using 'ctest -R regex'.
 # For more options, run 'ctest --help'.
 
-# BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is a standard CMake variable, but we declare it here to
-# make it prominent in the GUI.
-option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries (DLLs)." OFF)
-
 # When other libraries are using a shared version of runtime libraries,
 # Google Test also has to use one.
 option(
@@ -60,6 +56,25 @@
   set_up_hermetic_build()
 endif()
 
+# These commands only run if this is the main project
+if(CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "gtest" OR CMAKE_PROJECT_NAME STREQUAL "googletest-distribution")
+
+  # BUILD_SHARED_LIBS is a standard CMake variable, but we declare it here to
+  # make it prominent in the GUI.
+  option(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build shared libraries (DLLs)." OFF)
+
+else()
+
+  mark_as_advanced(
+    gtest_force_shared_crt
+    gtest_build_tests
+    gtest_build_samples
+    gtest_disable_pthreads
+    gtest_hide_internal_symbols)
+
+endif()
+
+
 if (gtest_hide_internal_symbols)
   set(CMAKE_CXX_VISIBILITY_PRESET hidden)
   set(CMAKE_VISIBILITY_INLINES_HIDDEN 1)