diff --git a/CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake b/CMakeGraphVizOptions.cmake
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+set(GRAPHVIZ_GRAPH_TYPE digraph)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_GRAPH_NAME FairMQ)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_EXECUTABLES ON)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_STATIC_LIBS OFF)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_SHARED_LIBS ON)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_MODULE_LIBS OFF)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_GENERATE_PER_TARGET OFF)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_GENERATE_DEPENDERS OFF)
+set(GRAPHVIZ_IGNORE_TARGETS
+  "fairmq-ex.*"
+  "testsuite_.*"
+  "testhelper_.*"
+  "FairMQPlugin_test_dummy"
+)