diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 60d8384b5d2..c03dc8ffc52 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ option(WITH_GSL "Build with GSL support" ON)
 option(WITH_CUDA   "Build with GPU support"  ON)
 option(WITH_HDF5   "Build with HDF5 support" ON)
 option(WITH_TESTS  "Enable tests"            ON)
+option(WITH_SCAFACOS "Build with Scafacos support" OFF)
 option(WITH_BENCHMARKS "Enable benchmarks"   OFF)
-option(WITH_SCAFACOS "Build with Scafacos support" ON)
 option(WITH_VALGRIND_INSTRUMENTATION "Build with valgrind instrumentation markers" OFF)
 if( CMAKE_VERSION VERSION_GREATER 3.5.2 AND CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER_ID STREQUAL "Clang" )
   option(WITH_CLANG_TIDY "Run Clang-Tidy during compilation" OFF)
diff --git a/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh b/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
index d2acbe0177e..3726bf30ccb 100755
--- a/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
+++ b/maintainer/CI/build_cmake.sh
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ if [[ ! -z ${with_coverage+x} ]]; then
   bash <(curl -s https://codecov.io/env) &> /dev/null;
 fi
 
-cmake_params="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python$python_version) -DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON -DTEST_NP:INT=$check_procs $cmake_params"
+cmake_params="-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=$build_type -DPYTHON_EXECUTABLE=$(which python$python_version) -DWARNINGS_ARE_ERRORS=ON -DTEST_NP:INT=$check_procs $cmake_params -DWITH_SCAFACOS=ON"
 cmake_params="$cmake_params -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS=$cxx_flags"
 cmake_params="$cmake_params -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=/tmp/espresso-unit-tests"
 if $with_ccache; then