diff --git a/Modules/ThirdParty/LibSVM/otb-module.cmake b/Modules/ThirdParty/LibSVM/otb-module.cmake
index f00636a5a2b5761589714e3871b27e01dd8c58f8..efdf3049a8faab52585f0ee34d9b7725c7b7549d 100644
--- a/Modules/ThirdParty/LibSVM/otb-module.cmake
+++ b/Modules/ThirdParty/LibSVM/otb-module.cmake
@@ -8,3 +8,5 @@ otb_module(OTBLibSVM
   DESCRIPTION
     "${DOCUMENTATION}"
   )
+
+otb_module_activation_option("Enable libSVM dependent modules" ON)