diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1833440..986b423 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ wlroots = dependency('wlroots', fallback: ['wlroots', 'wlroots'])
 gtkmm = dependency('gtkmm-3.0')
 jsoncpp = dependency('jsoncpp')
 sigcpp = dependency('sigc++-2.0')
-libnl = dependency('libnl-3.0', required: false)
-libnlgen = dependency('libnl-genl-3.0', required: false)
-libpulse = dependency('libpulse', required: false)
+libnl = dependency('libnl-3.0', required: get_option('libnl'))
+libnlgen = dependency('libnl-genl-3.0', required: get_option('libnl'))
+libpulse = dependency('libpulse', required: get_option('pulseaudio'))
 
 src_files = files(
     'src/factory.cpp',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d49311
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+option('libnl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable libnl support for network related features')
+option('pulseaudio', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable support for pulseaudio')