diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index cef0e02..16e72f0 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -289,6 +289,19 @@ if(EXISTS ${InfiniTime_DIR}/src/displayapp/fonts/CMakeLists.txt)
   target_link_libraries(infinisim PRIVATE infinitime_fonts)
 endif()
 
+if(DEFINED ENABLE_USERAPPS)
+  set(USERAPP_TYPES ${ENABLE_USERAPPS} CACHE STRING "List of user apps to build into the firmware")
+else ()
+  set(USERAPP_TYPES "Apps::Navigation, Apps::StopWatch, Apps::Alarm, Apps::Timer, Apps::Steps, Apps::HeartRate, Apps::Music, Apps::Paint, Apps::Paddle, Apps::Twos, Apps::Metronome" CACHE STRING "List of user apps to build into the firmware")
+endif ()
+
+if(EXISTS ${InfiniTime_DIR}/src/displayapp/apps/CMakeLists.txt)
+  # available since https://github.com/InfiniTimeOrg/InfiniTime/pull/1928
+  message(STATUS "add subdirectory ${InfiniTime_DIR}/src/displayapp/apps for 'infinitime_apps' target")
+  add_subdirectory(${InfiniTime_DIR}/src/displayapp/apps displayapp/apps)
+  target_link_libraries(infinisim PRIVATE infinitime_apps)
+endif()
+
 option(BUILD_RESOURCES "Generate a resource.zip file to install to spi.raw file" ON)
 if(BUILD_RESOURCES)
   if(EXISTS ${InfiniTime_DIR}/src/resources/CMakeLists.txt)
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 402e96e..5b46574 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -84,7 +84,8 @@ The following configuration settings can be added to the first `cmake -S . -B bu
 - `-DWITH_PNG=ON`: enable/disable the screenshot to `PNG` support.
   Per default InfiniSim tries to use `libpng` to create screenshots in PNG format.
   This requires `libpng` development libraries as build and runtime dependency.
-  Can be disabled with cmake config setting `-DWITH_PNG=OFF`.
+  Can be disabled with cmake config setting `-DWITH_PNG=OFF`.µ
+- `-DENABLE_USERAPPS`: ordered list of user applications to build into InfiniTime. Values must be fields from the enumeration `Pinetime::Applications::Apps` and must be separated by a comma. Ex: `-DENABLE_USERAPPS="Apps::Timer, Apps::Alarm"`. The default list of user applications will be selected if this variable is not set.
 
 ## Run Simulator