diff --git a/contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh b/contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh
--- a/contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh
+++ b/contrib/devtools/build_cmake.sh
@@ -8,8 +8,10 @@
 : "${BUILD_DIR:=${TOPLEVEL}/build}"
 
 function usage() {
-  echo "Usage: $0 [--Werror]"
-  echo "Build the default target using cmake and ninja."
+  echo "Usage: $0 [--Werror] [targets]"
+  echo "Build the targets using cmake and ninja."
+  echo "If no target is provided the default (all) target is built."
+  echo
   echo "Options:"
   echo "  --Werror: add -Werror to the compiler flags"
   echo "Environment variables:"
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@
 
 read -a CMAKE_FLAGS <<< "${CMAKE_FLAGS}"
 
+TARGETS=()
 while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
   case $1 in
     --Werror)
@@ -37,13 +40,32 @@
       shift
       ;;
     *)
-      usage
-      exit 1
+      TARGETS+=("$1")
+      shift
       ;;
   esac
 done
 
 cmake -GNinja .. "${CMAKE_FLAGS[@]}"
 
+# If valid targets are given, use them, otherwise default to "all".
+if [ ${#TARGETS[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
+  TARGETS=("all")
+else
+  mapfile -t VALID_TARGETS < <(ninja -t targets all | cut -d ':' -f 1)
+  # "all" is not part of the targets exported by ninja, so add it.
+  VALID_TARGETS+=("all")
+  IFS=" "
+  for TARGET in "${TARGETS[@]}"
+  do
+    # The array prints as a space delimited word list, surround the target with
+    # spaces to avoid partial match.
+    if [[ ! " ${VALID_TARGETS[*]} " =~ \ ${TARGET}\  ]]; then
+      echo "Trying to build an invalid target: ${TARGET}"
+      exit 2
+    fi
+  done
+fi
+
 # Run build
-ninja
+ninja "${TARGETS[@]}"
diff --git a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh
--- a/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh
+++ b/contrib/teamcity/build-configurations.sh
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@
       "-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_ECDH=ON"
       "-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_MULTISET=ON"
     )
-    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --Werror
+    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh secp256k1 --Werror
 
     ninja check-secp256k1
 
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@
     CMAKE_FLAGS+=(
       "-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_ENDOMORPHISM=ON"
     )
-    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --Werror
+    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh secp256k1 --Werror
 
     ninja check-secp256k1
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@
       "-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_JNI=ON"
       "-DUSE_JEMALLOC=OFF"
     )
-    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --Werror
+    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh secp256k1 --Werror
 
     ninja check-secp256k1-java
     ;;
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@
       "-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_ECDH=ON"
       "-DSECP256K1_ENABLE_MODULE_MULTISET=ON"
     )
-    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh --Werror
+    CMAKE_FLAGS="${CMAKE_FLAGS[*]}" "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh bitcoin-bench --Werror
     ./src/bench/bitcoin-bench -printer=junit > junit_results_bench.xml
     ninja bench-secp256k1
     ;;
@@ -462,7 +462,7 @@
     ;;
 
   check-seeds)
-    "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh
+    "${DEVTOOLS_DIR}"/build_cmake.sh bitcoind bitcoin-cli
     # Run on different ports to avoid a race where the rpc port used in the
     # first run may not be closed in time for the second to start.
     SEEDS_DIR="${TOPLEVEL}"/contrib/seeds