diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 429ac249e..9fd96aa16 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -330,9 +330,9 @@ rt_lib = cc.find_library('rt', required : false) # clock_gettime
 dl_lib = cc.find_library('dl', required : false)
 pthread_lib = dependency('threads')
 dbus_dep = dependency('dbus-1')
-sdl_dep = dependency('sdl2', required : false)
+sdl_dep = dependency('sdl2', required : get_option('sdl2'))
 ncurses_dep = dependency('ncurses', required : false)
-sndfile_dep = dependency('sndfile', version : '>= 1.0.20', required : false)
+sndfile_dep = dependency('sndfile', version : '>= 1.0.20', required : get_option('sndfile'))
 
 if get_option('gstreamer')
   glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version : '>=2.32.0')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 200a8fa24..2c2a4683b 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -151,3 +151,11 @@ option('udevrulesdir',
 option('systemd-user-unit-dir',
        type : 'string',
        description : 'Directory for user systemd units (defaults to /usr/lib/systemd/user)')
+option('sdl2',
+       description: 'Enable code that depends on SDL 2',
+       type: 'feature',
+       value: 'auto')
+option('sndfile',
+       description: 'Enable code that depends on libsndfile',
+       type: 'feature',
+       value: 'auto')