diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/meta.yaml b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/meta.yaml
index fc55e54f30..00b15fe488 100644
--- a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/meta.yaml
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/meta.yaml
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ outputs:
         - MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR
         - MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS
         - MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA
+        - MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM
         - PARALLEL_LEVEL
       run_exports:
         - {{ pin_subpackage("morpheus", max_pin="x.x") }}
diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/morpheus_build.sh b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/morpheus_build.sh
index d81678b07d..723559b4af 100644
--- a/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/morpheus_build.sh
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/morpheus/morpheus_build.sh
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 
 # Need to ensure this value is set before checking it in the if block
 MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA:-OFF}
+MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=${MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM:-OFF}
 
 # This will store all of the cmake args. Make sure to prepend args to allow
 # incoming values to overwrite them
@@ -44,6 +45,10 @@ if [[ ${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA} == @(TRUE|ON) ]]; then
    echo "MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA is ON. Setting CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES to supported values: '${CMAKE_CUDA_ARCHITECTURES}'"
 fi
 
+if [[ ${MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM} == @(TRUE|ON) ]]; then
+   CMAKE_ARGS="-DMORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
+fi
+
 CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_MESSAGE_CONTEXT_SHOW=ON ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
 CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=$PREFIX ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
 CMAKE_ARGS="-DCMAKE_INSTALL_LIBDIR=lib ${CMAKE_ARGS}"
diff --git a/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh b/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh
index 6c8cd3183d..6b6923b735 100755
--- a/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh
+++ b/ci/conda/recipes/run_conda_build.sh
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ export MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS=${MORPHEUS_PYTHON_BUILD_STUBS:-"ON"}
 export MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR=${MORPHEUS_CACHE_DIR:-"${MORPHEUS_ROOT}/.cache"}
 export PARALLEL_LEVEL=${PARALLEL_LEVEL:-$(nproc)}
 export MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=${MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA:-OFF}
+export MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=${MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM:-ON}
 
 # Set CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS to mimic the conda config channel_alias property during the build
 CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS=${CONDA_CHANNEL_ALIAS:-""}
diff --git a/ci/runner/Dockerfile b/ci/runner/Dockerfile
index 40b035c402..ed150d0657 100644
--- a/ci/runner/Dockerfile
+++ b/ci/runner/Dockerfile
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ RUN rapids-dependency-file-generator \
     rm -rf /tmp/conda
 
 ENV MORPHEUS_SUPPORT_DOCA=ON
+ENV MORPHEUS_BUILD_MORPHEUS_LLM=ON
 
 COPY ./.devcontainer/docker/optional_deps/doca.sh /tmp/doca/