diff --git a/man/man1/fccanalysis-build.1 b/man/man1/fccanalysis-build.1
index a4eea54a8a..31ff552b43 100644
--- a/man/man1/fccanalysis-build.1
+++ b/man/man1/fccanalysis-build.1
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 [\fB\-h\fR | \fB\-\-help\fR]
 [\fB\-c\fR]
 [\fB\-j\fR \fIBUILD_THREADS\fR]
+[\fB\-\-acts\-on\fR]
 .SH DESCRIPTION
 .B fccanalysis\-build
 will build the whole FCCAnalyses framework\&.
@@ -25,6 +26,9 @@ Completely clean build directory before compilation\&.
 .TP
 \fB\-j\fR \fIBUILD_THREADS\fR, \fB\-\-build\-threads\fR \fIBUILD_THREADS\fR
 Specify number of threads used when compiling (equivalent to `make -j`)
+.TP
+\fB\-\-acts\-on\fR
+Enable also ACTS based analyzers to be build\&.
 .SH SEE ALSO
 fccanalysis(1), fccanalysis\-test(1), cmake(1)
 .SH BUGS
diff --git a/python/build_analysis.py b/python/build_analysis.py
index 9eefaf0bce..ef2e4cbb3d 100644
--- a/python/build_analysis.py
+++ b/python/build_analysis.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 LOGGER = logging.getLogger('FCCAnalyses.build')
 
 
-def run_subprocess(command: str, run_dir: str):
+def run_subprocess(command: str, run_dir: str) -> None:
     '''
     Run subprocess in specified directory.
     Check only the return value, otherwise keep the subprocess connected to
@@ -32,11 +32,11 @@ def run_subprocess(command: str, run_dir: str):
         sys.exit(0)
 
 
-def build_analysis(mainparser):
+def build_analysis(mainparser) -> None:
     '''
     Main build steering function
     '''
-    args, _ = mainparser.parse_known_args()
+    args = mainparser.parse_args()
 
     if 'LOCAL_DIR' not in os.environ:
         LOGGER.error('FCCAnalyses environment not set up correctly!\n'
@@ -46,9 +46,14 @@ def build_analysis(mainparser):
     local_dir = os.environ.get('LOCAL_DIR')
     build_path = pathlib.Path(local_dir + '/build')
     install_path = pathlib.Path(local_dir + '/install')
+    cmake_args = ['-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install']
 
     LOGGER.info('Building analysis located in:\n%s', local_dir)
 
+    if args.acts_on:
+        LOGGER.info('Building also ACTS based analyzers...')
+        cmake_args += ['-DWITH_ACTS=ON']
+
     if args.clean_build:
         LOGGER.info('Clearing build and install directories...')
         if build_path.is_dir():
@@ -60,7 +65,7 @@ def build_analysis(mainparser):
         LOGGER.info('Creating build directory...')
         os.makedirs(build_path)
 
-        run_subprocess(['cmake', '-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=../install', '..'],
+        run_subprocess(['cmake'] + cmake_args + ['..'],
                        local_dir + '/build')
 
     if not install_path.is_dir():
diff --git a/python/parsers.py b/python/parsers.py
index 5815c79306..c0915ef777 100644
--- a/python/parsers.py
+++ b/python/parsers.py
@@ -47,6 +47,10 @@ def setup_build_parser(parser):
         default=1,
         help='number of threads when building (equivalent to `make -j`)'
     )
+    build_args.add_argument('--acts-on',
+                            action='store_true',
+                            default=False,
+                            help='enable ACTS based analyzers')
 
 
 def setup_test_parser(parser):