diff --git a/CMake/External_ossim.cmake b/CMake/External_ossim.cmake
index 30ec5571c30e3d2197e4b698c56cc424836743ec..5a6e8838285d60586900e161e03cfa036c724374 100644
--- a/CMake/External_ossim.cmake
+++ b/CMake/External_ossim.cmake
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ else()
       -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING=${OSSIM_CXX_FLAGS}
       -DBUILD_OSSIM_MPI_SUPPORT:BOOL=OFF
       -DBUILD_OSSIM_APPS:BOOL=OFF
+      -DBUILD_OSSIM_FRAMEWORKS:BOOL=OFF
       -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH:STRING=${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX};${CMAKE_PREFIX_PATH}
     DEPENDS ${${proj}_DEPENDENCIES}
     CMAKE_COMMAND ${SB_CMAKE_COMMAND}