diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a0e602bb..2338ceeb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -96,7 +96,10 @@ add_project_arguments(
   cc.get_supported_arguments(
     ['-pedantic',
      '-fstrict-aliasing',
-     '-Wstrict-aliasing']),
+     '-Wstrict-aliasing']) +
+  (get_option('fanalyzer')
+    ? ['-fanalyzer']
+    : []),
   language: 'c',
 )
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index ab7a07be..e3356074 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -27,3 +27,5 @@ option('utmp-backend', type: 'combo', value: 'auto', choices: ['none', 'libutemp
        description: 'Which utmp logging backend to use. This affects how (with what arguments) the utmp helper binary (see \'utmp-default-helper-path\')is called. Default: auto (linux=libutempter, freebsd=ulog, others=none)')
 option('utmp-default-helper-path', type: 'string', value: 'auto',
        description: 'Default path to the utmp helper binary. Default: auto-detect')
+
+option('fanalyzer', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'enable GCC static analyzer')