diff --git a/development/cmake/CMakeLists.txt b/development/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
index f85e3a24e6..c2708c95b7 100644
--- a/development/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/development/cmake/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # where to look first for cmake modules, before ${CMAKE_ROOT}/Modules/ is checked
 set(CMAKE_MODULE_PATH "${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/modules")
 
-
+if(NOT CODE_GROUP_NAME)
 set(CODE_GROUP_NAME "The Golden Code")
+endif(NOT CODE_GROUP_NAME)
 
 include(LyXPaths)
 include(LyXMacros)