diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 358736f..1c005b0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -26,12 +26,18 @@ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 # Adding include directory
 inc_dir = include_directories('include')
 
+if get_option('wlroots-version') != ''
+  wlroots_version = get_option('wlroots-version')
+else
+  wlroots_version = ['wlroots-0.19', 'wlroots-0.18', 'wlroots']
+endif
+
 libevdev = dependency('libevdev')
 libinput = dependency('libinput', version: '>=1.21.0')
 libxml2 = dependency('libxml-2.0')
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: '>=1.27')
 wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server', version: '>=1.15')
-wlroots = dependency(['wlroots-0.18', 'wlroots'], version: '>=0.17.0')
+wlroots = dependency(wlroots_version, version: '>=0.17.0')
 xkbcommon = dependency('xkbcommon')
 
 msgfmt = find_program('msgfmt', required: false)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f32c01d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+option('wlroots-version', type: 'string', value: '', description: 'The version of wlroots with which to compile the compositor')