diff --git a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index f7853ed0e7..00a28c0870 100644
--- a/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ OPTION(USE_VLD "Use Visual Leak Detector for debugging memory leaks, MSVC-only."
 OPTION(USE_MMAP "Adds a command line options to parse IFC files from memory mapped files using Boost.Iostreams" OFF)
 OPTION(BUILD_SHARED_LIBS "Build IfcParse and IfcGeom as shared libs (SO/DLL)." OFF)
 if (${HAS_MAX})
-OPTION(BUILD_IFCMAX "Build IfcMax, a 3ds Max plug-in, Windows-only." ON)
+OPTION(BUILD_IFCMAX "Build IfcMax, a 3ds Max plug-in, Windows-only." OFF)
 endif()
 if (${BUILD_CONVERT})
 OPTION(GLTF_SUPPORT "Build IfcConvert with glTF support (requires json.hpp)." OFF)