diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8ae70dbe45..ccd6c71577 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2618,7 +2618,17 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_FSTRIM', qga_fstrim)
 # has_header
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_EPOLL', cc.has_header('sys/epoll.h'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LINUX_MAGIC_H', cc.has_header('linux/magic.h'))
-config_host_data.set('CONFIG_VALGRIND_H', cc.has_header('valgrind/valgrind.h'))
+valgrind = false
+if get_option('valgrind').allowed()
+    if cc.has_header('valgrind/valgrind.h')
+        valgrind = true
+    else
+        if get_option('valgrind').enabled()
+            error('valgrind requested but valgrind.h not found')
+        endif
+    endif
+endif
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_VALGRIND_H', valgrind)
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_BTRFS_H', cc.has_header('linux/btrfs.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_DRM_H', cc.has_header('libdrm/drm.h'))
 config_host_data.set('HAVE_OPENAT2_H', cc.has_header('linux/openat2.h'))
@@ -4905,6 +4915,7 @@ endif
 if host_os == 'darwin'
   summary_info += {'ParavirtualizedGraphics support': pvg}
 endif
+summary_info += {'valgrind':          valgrind}
 summary(summary_info, bool_yn: true, section: 'Dependencies')
 
 if host_arch == 'unknown'
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 59d973bca0..0b4115e733 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ option('dbus_display', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: '-display dbus support')
 option('tpm', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'TPM support')
+option('valgrind', type : 'feature', value: 'auto',
+       description: 'valgrind debug support for coroutine stacks')
 
 # Do not enable it by default even for Mingw32, because it doesn't
 # work on Wine.
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index 3e8e00852b..d76a239130 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -198,6 +198,7 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  u2f             U2F emulation support'
   printf "%s\n" '  uadk            UADK Library support'
   printf "%s\n" '  usb-redir       libusbredir support'
+  printf "%s\n" '  valgrind        valgrind debug support for coroutine stacks'
   printf "%s\n" '  vde             vde network backend support'
   printf "%s\n" '  vdi             vdi image format support'
   printf "%s\n" '  vduse-blk-export'
@@ -526,6 +527,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-ubsan) printf "%s" -Dubsan=false ;;
     --enable-usb-redir) printf "%s" -Dusb_redir=enabled ;;
     --disable-usb-redir) printf "%s" -Dusb_redir=disabled ;;
+    --enable-valgrind) printf "%s" -Dvalgrind=enabled ;;
+    --disable-valgrind) printf "%s" -Dvalgrind=disabled ;;
     --enable-vde) printf "%s" -Dvde=enabled ;;
     --disable-vde) printf "%s" -Dvde=disabled ;;
     --enable-vdi) printf "%s" -Dvdi=enabled ;;