diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bce1b7421..08dec64ee 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -314,7 +314,7 @@ if udev_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_UDEV', 1)
 endif
 
-webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing', version : '>= 0.2', required : false)
+webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing', version : '>= 0.2', required : get_option('webrtc-aec'))
 if webrtc_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_WEBRTC', 1)
 endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 8f4f2ed54..65d2942b4 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -62,3 +62,9 @@ option('udev',
 option('x11',
        type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description : 'Optional X11 support')
+
+# Echo cancellation
+
+option('webrtc-aec',
+       type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+       description : 'Optional WebRTC-based echo canceller')