diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 4d84aacce1..72bd785e2e 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -406,6 +406,18 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([utils],
   [build_bitcoin_utils=$withval],
   [build_bitcoin_utils=yes])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([util-cli],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-util-cli],
+  [build bitcoin-cli])],
+  [build_bitcoin_cli=$enableval],
+  [build_bitcoin_cli=$build_bitcoin_utils])
+
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([util-tx],
+  [AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-util-tx],
+  [build bitcoin-tx])],
+  [build_bitcoin_tx=$enableval],
+  [build_bitcoin_tx=$build_bitcoin_utils])
+
 AC_ARG_WITH([libs],
   [AS_HELP_STRING([--with-libs],
   [build libraries (default=yes)])],
@@ -886,7 +898,7 @@ BITCOIN_QT_INIT
 dnl sets $bitcoin_enable_qt, $bitcoin_enable_qt_test, $bitcoin_enable_qt_dbus
 BITCOIN_QT_CONFIGURE([$use_pkgconfig])
 
-if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests$use_bench = xnonononono; then
+if test x$build_bitcoin_cli$build_bitcoin_tx$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests$use_bench = xnononononono; then
     use_boost=no
 else
     use_boost=yes
@@ -1074,7 +1086,7 @@ if test x$use_pkgconfig = xyes; then
       if test x$use_qr != xno; then
         BITCOIN_QT_CHECK([PKG_CHECK_MODULES([QR], [libqrencode], [have_qrencode=yes], [have_qrencode=no])])
       fi
-      if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests != xnononono; then
+      if test x$build_bitcoin_cli$build_bitcoin_tx$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests != xnonononono; then
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EVENT], [libevent],, [AC_MSG_ERROR(libevent not found.)])
         if test x$TARGET_OS != xwindows; then
           PKG_CHECK_MODULES([EVENT_PTHREADS], [libevent_pthreads],, [AC_MSG_ERROR(libevent_pthreads not found.)])
@@ -1099,7 +1111,7 @@ else
   AC_CHECK_HEADER([openssl/ssl.h],, AC_MSG_ERROR(libssl headers missing),)
   AC_CHECK_LIB([ssl],         [main],SSL_LIBS=-lssl, AC_MSG_ERROR(libssl missing))
 
-  if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests != xnononono; then
+  if test x$build_bitcoin_cli$build_bitcoin_tx$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests != xnonononono; then
     AC_CHECK_HEADER([event2/event.h],, AC_MSG_ERROR(libevent headers missing),)
     AC_CHECK_LIB([event],[main],EVENT_LIBS=-levent,AC_MSG_ERROR(libevent missing))
     if test x$TARGET_OS != xwindows; then
@@ -1164,7 +1176,7 @@ dnl univalue check
 
 need_bundled_univalue=yes
 
-if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests$use_bench = xnonononono; then
+if test x$build_bitcoin_cli$build_bitcoin_tx$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_tests$use_bench = xnononononono; then
   need_bundled_univalue=no
 else
 
@@ -1214,9 +1226,13 @@ AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build bitcoind])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_BITCOIND], [test x$build_bitcoind = xyes])
 AC_MSG_RESULT($build_bitcoind)
 
-AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build utils (bitcoin-cli bitcoin-tx)])
-AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_BITCOIN_UTILS], [test x$build_bitcoin_utils = xyes])
-AC_MSG_RESULT($build_bitcoin_utils)
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build bitcoin-cli])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_BITCOIN_CLI], [test x$build_bitcoin_cli = xyes])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($build_bitcoin_cli)
+
+AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build bitcoin-tx])
+AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_BITCOIN_TX], [test x$build_bitcoin_tx = xyes])
+AC_MSG_RESULT($build_bitcoin_tx)
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING([whether to build libraries])
 AM_CONDITIONAL([BUILD_BITCOIN_LIBS], [test x$build_bitcoin_libs = xyes])
@@ -1342,7 +1358,7 @@ else
   AC_MSG_RESULT([no])
 fi
 
-if test x$build_bitcoin_utils$build_bitcoin_libs$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_bench$use_tests = xnononononono; then
+if test x$build_bitcoin_cli$build_bitcoin_tx$build_bitcoin_libs$build_bitcoind$bitcoin_enable_qt$use_bench$use_tests = xnonononononono; then
   AC_MSG_ERROR([No targets! Please specify at least one of: --with-utils --with-libs --with-daemon --with-gui --enable-bench or --enable-tests])
 fi
 
diff --git a/doc/man/Makefile.am b/doc/man/Makefile.am
index 08ff4d6ac1..9b36319e64 100644
--- a/doc/man/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/man/Makefile.am
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ if ENABLE_QT
   dist_man1_MANS+=bitcoin-qt.1
 endif
 
-if BUILD_BITCOIN_UTILS
-  dist_man1_MANS+=bitcoin-cli.1 bitcoin-tx.1
+if BUILD_BITCOIN_CLI
+  dist_man1_MANS+=bitcoin-cli.1
+endif
+
+if BUILD_BITCOIN_TX
+  dist_man1_MANS+=bitcoin-tx.1
 endif
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 159812e847..d036085642 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -83,8 +83,11 @@ if BUILD_BITCOIND
   bin_PROGRAMS += bitcoind
 endif
 
-if BUILD_BITCOIN_UTILS
-  bin_PROGRAMS += bitcoin-cli bitcoin-tx
+if BUILD_BITCOIN_CLI
+  bin_PROGRAMS += bitcoin-cli
+endif
+if BUILD_BITCOIN_TX
+  bin_PROGRAMS += bitcoin-tx
 endif
 
 .PHONY: FORCE check-symbols check-security
diff --git a/test/config.ini.in b/test/config.ini.in
index a1119dc739..28abee2a3d 100644
--- a/test/config.ini.in
+++ b/test/config.ini.in
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ RPCAUTH=@abs_top_srcdir@/share/rpcauth/rpcauth.py
 [components]
 # Which components are enabled. These are commented out by `configure` if they were disabled when running config.
 @ENABLE_WALLET_TRUE@ENABLE_WALLET=true
-@BUILD_BITCOIN_UTILS_TRUE@ENABLE_UTILS=true
+@BUILD_BITCOIN_CLI_TRUE@ENABLE_CLI=true
 @BUILD_BITCOIND_TRUE@ENABLE_BITCOIND=true
 @ENABLE_ZMQ_TRUE@ENABLE_ZMQ=true
diff --git a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
index 57c985b2a2..7d4e50c663 100755
--- a/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
+++ b/test/functional/test_framework/test_framework.py
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ class BitcoinTestFramework(metaclass=BitcoinTestMetaClass):
         config = configparser.ConfigParser()
         config.read_file(open(self.options.configfile))
 
-        return config["components"].getboolean("ENABLE_UTILS")
+        return config["components"].getboolean("ENABLE_CLI")
 
     def is_wallet_compiled(self):
         """Checks whether the wallet module was compiled."""