diff --git a/CMake/elastixExportTarget.cmake b/CMake/elastixExportTarget.cmake
index d00038d26..b0e36a641 100644
--- a/CMake/elastixExportTarget.cmake
+++ b/CMake/elastixExportTarget.cmake
@@ -23,16 +23,51 @@ function(elastix_export_target tgt)
       set_property(TARGET ${tgt} PROPERTY
         OUTPUT_NAME ${tgt}-${ELASTIX_VERSION_MAJOR}.${ELASTIX_VERSION_MINOR})
     endif()
+
+    if(type STREQUAL "STATIC_LIBRARY")
+      if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+        install(TARGETS ${tgt}
+          EXPORT ElastixTargets
+          RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DIR}
+          LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}
+          ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+          COMPONENT Development
+          )
+      endif()
+    else()
+      if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES)
+        install(TARGETS ${tgt}
+          EXPORT ElastixTargets
+          RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DIR}
+          LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}
+          ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+          COMPONENT RuntimeLibraries
+          )
+      endif()
+    endif()
+  elseif(type STREQUAL "EXECUTABLE")
+    if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES)
+      install(TARGETS ${tgt}
+        EXPORT ElastixTargets
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DIR}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+        COMPONENT Executables
+        )
+    endif()
+  else()
+    if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+      install(TARGETS ${tgt}
+        EXPORT ElastixTargets
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DIR}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+        COMPONENT Development
+        )
+    endif()
   endif()
 
   export(TARGETS ${tgt}
     APPEND FILE "${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/ElastixTargets.cmake"
     )
-
-  install(TARGETS ${tgt}
-    EXPORT ElastixTargets
-    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_RUNTIME_DIR}
-    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_LIBRARY_DIR}
-    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-    )
 endfunction()
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 1f84b9dd4..d9cd5dd49 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -203,6 +203,13 @@ if(NOT ELASTIX_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR)
   set(ELASTIX_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR "${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}/cmake/elastix")
 endif()
 
+#---------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Provide options to avoid installing runtime or development components
+option(ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES "Do not install runtime libraries" OFF)
+option(ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_EXECUTABLES "Do not install executables" OFF)
+option(ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT "Do not install development headers and static libraries" OFF)
+mark_as_advanced(ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_EXECUTABLES ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Check if Mevis DicomTiff support is desired
 mark_as_advanced(ELASTIX_USE_MEVISDICOMTIFF)
@@ -637,15 +644,17 @@ configure_file(ElastixConfig.cmake.in "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECT
 configure_file(ElastixConfigVersion.cmake.in ElastixConfigVersion.cmake @ONLY)
 configure_file(UseElastix.cmake.in UseElastix.cmake @ONLY)
 
-install(FILES
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/ElastixConfig.cmake"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/ElastixConfigVersion.cmake"
-  "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/UseElastix.cmake"
-  DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
-  COMPONENT Development
-  )
-
-install(EXPORT ElastixTargets
-  DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
-  COMPONENT Development
-  )
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(FILES
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}${CMAKE_FILES_DIRECTORY}/ElastixConfig.cmake"
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/ElastixConfigVersion.cmake"
+    "${PROJECT_BINARY_DIR}/UseElastix.cmake"
+    DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development
+    )
+
+  install(EXPORT ElastixTargets
+    DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INSTALL_PACKAGE_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development
+    )
+endif()
diff --git a/Common/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/CMakeLists.txt
index bb775d413..07c516644 100644
--- a/Common/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -202,10 +202,14 @@ add_library(elxCommon STATIC
   ${LineSearchOptimizersFiles}
   ${ImageSamplersFiles}
 )
-install(TARGETS elxCommon
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR})
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(TARGETS elxCommon
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development
+    )
+endif()
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Link against other libraries.
diff --git a/Common/MevisDicomTiff/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/MevisDicomTiff/CMakeLists.txt
index 307e17436..3a72dc133 100644
--- a/Common/MevisDicomTiff/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/MevisDicomTiff/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,10 +16,13 @@ else()
   )
 endif()
 
-install(TARGETS mevisdcmtiff
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR})
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(TARGETS mevisdcmtiff
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development)
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(mevisdcmtiff ${ITK_LIBRARIES})
 
diff --git a/Common/OpenCL/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/OpenCL/CMakeLists.txt
index d7ae6040a..a090e90ef 100644
--- a/Common/OpenCL/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/OpenCL/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -64,9 +64,12 @@ target_link_libraries(elxOpenCL
 # Group in IDE's like Visual Studio
 set_property(TARGET elxOpenCL PROPERTY FOLDER "libraries")
 
-install(TARGETS elxOpenCL
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR})
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(TARGETS elxOpenCL
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development)
+endif()
 
 elastix_export_target(elxOpenCL)
diff --git a/Common/ParameterFileParser/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/ParameterFileParser/CMakeLists.txt
index 1a5784a25..953f587b3 100644
--- a/Common/ParameterFileParser/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/ParameterFileParser/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -9,10 +9,13 @@ set(param_SRCS
 source_group("Parser" FILES ${param_SRCS})
 
 add_library(param STATIC ${param_SRCS})
-install(TARGETS param
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR})
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(TARGETS param
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development)
+endif()
 
 target_link_libraries(param ${ITK_LIBRARIES})
 
diff --git a/Common/xout/CMakeLists.txt b/Common/xout/CMakeLists.txt
index 7224a3845..fcaf9d7da 100644
--- a/Common/xout/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Common/xout/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -20,10 +20,13 @@ set(xouthfiles
 
 # a lib defining the global variable xout.
 add_library(xoutlib STATIC ${xoutcxxfiles} ${xouthfiles})
-install(TARGETS xoutlib
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR})
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(TARGETS xoutlib
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development)
+endif()
 
 # Group in IDE's like Visual Studio
 set_property(TARGET xoutlib PROPERTY FOLDER "libraries")
diff --git a/Components/CMakeLists.txt b/Components/CMakeLists.txt
index 09b6ece5d..8a7bff6bb 100644
--- a/Components/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Components/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -129,10 +129,13 @@ macro(ADD_ELXCOMPONENT name)
     project(${name})
     add_library(${name} STATIC ${filelist})
     target_link_libraries(${name} ${elxLinkLibs})
-    install(TARGETS ${name}
-      ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-      LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-      RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR})
+    if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+      install(TARGETS ${name}
+        ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+        LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+        RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+        COMPONENT Development)
+    endif()
 
     # Group in IDE's like Visual Studio
     string(REGEX MATCH "[a-zA-Z]+" comp_group ${relative_path_to_comp})
diff --git a/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/CMakeLists.txt b/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/CMakeLists.txt
index 2e00e0e42..39490c0f5 100644
--- a/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ ADD_ELXCOMPONENT( KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformationMetric
 )
 
 if(USE_KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformationMetric)
+  if(ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES AND NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+    message(SEND_ERROR "USE_KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformationMetric with ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_RUNTIME_LIBRARIES enabled requires ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT enabled")
+  endif()
   add_subdirectory(KNN)
   target_include_directories(KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformationMetric
     PRIVATE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/KNN)
diff --git a/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/CMakeLists.txt b/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/CMakeLists.txt
index 20448f955..69345cce1 100644
--- a/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -40,9 +40,3 @@ target_link_libraries(KNNlib ANNlib ${ITK_LIBRARIES})
 
 # Group in IDE's like Visual Studio
 set_property(TARGET KNNlib PROPERTY FOLDER "libraries")
-
-install(TARGETS KNNlib
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
-  COMPONENT RuntimeLibraries)
diff --git a/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/ann_1.1/CMakeLists.txt b/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/ann_1.1/CMakeLists.txt
index a3d7c2f57..597b35bea 100644
--- a/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/ann_1.1/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Components/Metrics/KNNGraphAlphaMutualInformation/KNN/ann_1.1/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -48,10 +48,3 @@ generate_export_header(ANNlib
 
 # Group in IDE's like Visual Studio
 set_property(TARGET ANNlib PROPERTY FOLDER "libraries")
-
-# Install
-install(TARGETS ANNlib
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
-  COMPONENT RuntimeLibraries)
diff --git a/Core/CMakeLists.txt b/Core/CMakeLists.txt
index 2788f8ad0..8fcad7a8c 100644
--- a/Core/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Core/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -93,10 +93,14 @@ source_group("ProgressCommand" FILES ${ProgressCommandFiles})
 configure_file(
   elxVersionMacros.h.in
   elxVersionMacros.h)
-  
-install(FILES
-  ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/elxVersionMacros.h
-  DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/Core)
+
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(FILES
+    ${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/elxVersionMacros.h
+    DESTINATION ${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/include/Core
+    COMPONENT Development
+    )
+endif()
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 # Originally based on the answer by Naszta at
@@ -244,26 +248,32 @@ if(NOT WIN32)
     PROPERTIES INSTALL_RPATH "${CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX}/lib:${ITK_DIR}")
 endif()
 
-install(TARGETS elastix_exe transformix_exe elastix_lib transformix_lib elxCore
-  ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
-  LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
-  RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
-  COMPONENT RuntimeLibraries)
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_EXECUTABLES)
+  install(TARGETS elastix_exe transformix_exe
+    ARCHIVE DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_ARCHIVE_DIR}
+    LIBRARY DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_LIBRARY_DIR}
+    RUNTIME DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_RUNTIME_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Executables)
+endif()
 
 # Install all header files.
-install(DIRECTORY
-  ${elastix_SOURCE_DIR}/Common
-  ${elastix_SOURCE_DIR}/Core
-  ${elastix_SOURCE_DIR}/Components
-  DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INCLUDE_DIR}
-  FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h" PATTERN "*.hxx")
-install(FILES
-  ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/elxInstallComponentFunctionCalls.h
-  ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/elxInstallComponentFunctionDeclarations.h
-  ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/elxSupportedImageTypes.h
-  ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/ITKFactoryRegistration/itkImageIOFactoryRegisterManager.h
-  ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/ITKFactoryRegistration/itkTransformIOFactoryRegisterManager.h
-  DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INCLUDE_DIR})
+if(NOT ELASTIX_NO_INSTALL_DEVELOPMENT)
+  install(DIRECTORY
+    ${elastix_SOURCE_DIR}/Common
+    ${elastix_SOURCE_DIR}/Core
+    ${elastix_SOURCE_DIR}/Components
+    DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development
+    FILES_MATCHING PATTERN "*.h" PATTERN "*.hxx")
+  install(FILES
+    ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/elxInstallComponentFunctionCalls.h
+    ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/elxInstallComponentFunctionDeclarations.h
+    ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/elxSupportedImageTypes.h
+    ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/ITKFactoryRegistration/itkImageIOFactoryRegisterManager.h
+    ${elastix_BINARY_DIR}/ITKFactoryRegistration/itkTransformIOFactoryRegisterManager.h
+    DESTINATION ${ELASTIX_INCLUDE_DIR}
+    COMPONENT Development)
+endif()
 
 #---------------------------------------------------------------------
 # The Core/Install directory contains a CMakeLists file for