diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 49d5b2203..2687bfe7e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -237,3 +237,7 @@ option('libcanberra',
        description: 'Enable code that depends on libcanberra',
        type: 'feature',
        value: 'auto')
+option('legacy-rtkit',
+       description: 'Build legacy rtkit module',
+       type: 'boolean',
+       value: 'true')
diff --git a/src/modules/meson.build b/src/modules/meson.build
index ee724bf52..2d26cc459 100644
--- a/src/modules/meson.build
+++ b/src/modules/meson.build
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ pipewire_module_rt = shared_library('pipewire-module-rt', [ 'module-rt.c' ],
   dependencies : [dbus_dep, mathlib, dl_lib, pipewire_dep],
 )
 
-build_module_rtkit = dbus_dep.found()
+build_module_rtkit = dbus_dep.found() and (get_option('legacy-rtkit') == true)
 if build_module_rtkit
 # TODO: This serves as a temporary alias to prevent breaking existing setups
 #       while `module-rtkit` is being migrated to `module-rt`