diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 50a6bd4..b6ece0e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@
        For example, redfish schema and webui files" ON)
 
 option (
+    BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_BMC_JOURNAL
+    "Enable BMC journal access through redfish" OFF
+)
+
+option (
     BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_RAW_PECI "Enable PECI transactions through redfish"
     OFF
 )
@@ -252,4 +257,5 @@
     $<$<BOOL:${BMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_XSS_PREVENTION}>: -DBMCWEB_INSECURE_DISABLE_XSS_PREVENTION>
     $<$<BOOL:${BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_RAW_PECI}>: -DBMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_RAW_PECI>
     $<$<BOOL:${BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_CPU_LOG}>: -DBMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_CPU_LOG>
+    $<$<BOOL:${BMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_BMC_JOURNAL}>: -DBMCWEB_ENABLE_REDFISH_BMC_JOURNAL>
 )
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