diff --git a/backends/meson.build b/backends/meson.build
index 9b88d22685..ac0fac7845 100644
--- a/backends/meson.build
+++ b/backends/meson.build
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ if have_vhost_user_crypto
 endif
 system_ss.add(when: gio, if_true: files('dbus-vmstate.c'))
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SGX', if_true: files('hostmem-epc.c'))
+if igvm.found()
+  system_ss.add(igvm)
+endif
 
 system_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SPDM_SOCKET', if_true: files('spdm-socket.c'))
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b5f74aa37a..200352c244 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1424,6 +1424,12 @@ if host_os == 'linux' and (have_system or have_tools)
                        method: 'pkg-config',
                        required: get_option('libudev'))
 endif
+igvm = not_found
+if not get_option('igvm').auto() or have_system
+  igvm = dependency('igvm', version: '>= 0.3.0',
+                    method: 'pkg-config',
+                    required: get_option('igvm'))
+endif
 
 mpathlibs = [libudev]
 mpathpersist = not_found
@@ -2601,6 +2607,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_CFI', get_option('cfi'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SELINUX', selinux.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_XEN_BACKEND', xen.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_LIBDW', libdw.found())
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_IGVM', igvm.found())
 if xen.found()
   # protect from xen.version() having less than three components
   xen_version = xen.version().split('.') + ['0', '0']
@@ -4965,6 +4972,7 @@ summary_info += {'seccomp support':   seccomp}
 summary_info += {'GlusterFS support': glusterfs}
 summary_info += {'hv-balloon support': hv_balloon}
 summary_info += {'TPM support':       have_tpm}
+summary_info += {'IGVM support':      igvm}
 summary_info += {'libssh support':    libssh}
 summary_info += {'lzo support':       lzo}
 summary_info += {'snappy support':    snappy}
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index a442be2995..1e429311a2 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -117,6 +117,8 @@ option('tpm', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'TPM support')
 option('valgrind', type : 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: 'valgrind debug support for coroutine stacks')
+option('igvm', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
+       description: 'Independent Guest Virtual Machine (IGVM) file support')
 
 # 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 73e0770f42..7851540445 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  hv-balloon      hv-balloon driver (requires Glib 2.68+ GTree API)'
   printf "%s\n" '  hvf             HVF acceleration support'
   printf "%s\n" '  iconv           Font glyph conversion support'
+  printf "%s\n" '  igvm            IGVM file support'
   printf "%s\n" '  jack            JACK sound support'
   printf "%s\n" '  keyring         Linux keyring support'
   printf "%s\n" '  kvm             KVM acceleration support'
@@ -346,6 +347,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --iasl=*) quote_sh "-Diasl=$2" ;;
     --enable-iconv) printf "%s" -Diconv=enabled ;;
     --disable-iconv) printf "%s" -Diconv=disabled ;;
+    --enable-igvm) printf "%s" -Digvm=enabled ;;
+    --disable-igvm) printf "%s" -Digvm=disabled ;;
     --includedir=*) quote_sh "-Dincludedir=$2" ;;
     --enable-install-blobs) printf "%s" -Dinstall_blobs=true ;;
     --disable-install-blobs) printf "%s" -Dinstall_blobs=false ;;