diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 94c3c30fb..6597c0d43 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -457,6 +457,11 @@ CONFIGURE_FILE(
   "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/DartLocal.conf"
   COPYONLY)
 
+OPTION(CMAKE_STRICT   
+  "Perform strict testing to record property and variable access. Can be used to report any undefined properties or variables" OFF)
+MARK_AS_ADVANCED(CMAKE_STRICT)
+
+
 # build the remaining subdirectories
 SUBDIRS(Source)
 SUBDIRS(Modules)
diff --git a/Source/CMakeLists.txt b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
index 074f7e276..86c457988 100644
--- a/Source/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/Source/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,7 +1,4 @@
 # configure the .h file
-OPTION(CMAKE_STRICT   
-  "Perform strict testing to see if ANY properties or variables are used before being defined" OFF)
-
 CONFIGURE_FILE(
   "${CMake_SOURCE_DIR}/Source/cmConfigure.cmake.h.in"
   "${CMake_BINARY_DIR}/Source/cmConfigure.h"