diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 790778988..255c73a58 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -781,7 +781,9 @@ check_dep = dependency('check', version : '>= 0.9.10', required : get_option('te
 
 # Subdirs
 
-subdir('doxygen')
+if get_option('doxygen')
+  subdir('doxygen')
+endif
 subdir('po')
 if get_option('man')
   subdir('man')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 6be586452..cdb3c6787 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 option('daemon',
        type : 'boolean', value : true,
        description : 'Enable building and installation of pulseaudio daemon and supporting configuration files')
+option('doxygen',
+       type : 'boolean', value : true,
+       description : 'Enable building and installation of documentation generated with doxygen')
 option('gcov',
        type : 'boolean', value : false,
        description : 'Enable optional gcov coverage analysis')