diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 61187dbac..783410a88 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -517,7 +517,7 @@ if(FREERDP_UNIFIED_BUILD)
   endif()
 
   if(WITH_SERVER)
-    option(WITH_RDTK "build rdtk toolkit" ON)
+    option(WITH_RDTK "build rdtk toolkit" OFF)
     if(WITH_RDTK)
       add_subdirectory(rdtk)
     endif()
diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-abi.txt b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-abi.txt
index f073f9a5e..d4966294c 100644
--- a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-abi.txt
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-abi.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set(WITH_MANPAGES OFF CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "RelWithDebInfo" CACHE STRING "preload")
 #set (UWAC_FORCE_STATIC_BUILD ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 #set (RDTK_FORCE_STATIC_BUILD ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set(WITH_RDTK ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_WAYLAND OFF CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_SAMPLE OFF CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_SERVER_SHADOW_CLI OFF CACHE BOOL "preload")
diff --git a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-linux-all.txt b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-linux-all.txt
index ddd7f5e6f..6fb498a16 100644
--- a/ci/cmake-preloads/config-linux-all.txt
+++ b/ci/cmake-preloads/config-linux-all.txt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ set(BUILD_TESTING_INTERNAL ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_MANPAGES ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE "Debug" CACHE STRING "preload")
 set(WITH_PULSE ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
+set(WITH_RDTK ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_CHANNELS ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_CUPS ON CACHE BOOL "preload")
 set(WITH_WAYLAND ON CACHE BOOL "preload")