diff --git a/contrib/firmware-packager/meson.build b/contrib/firmware-packager/meson.build
index fb7a83746..8d3e1a9dd 100644
--- a/contrib/firmware-packager/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/firmware-packager/meson.build
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
-install_data('firmware-packager',
-             install_dir : 'share/fwupd')
+if get_option('firmware-packager')
+  install_data('firmware-packager',
+               install_dir : 'share/fwupd')
+endif
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 23ef8cdb8..c9b7ba675 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 option('daemon', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'enable the fwupd daemon')
 option('consolekit', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'enable ConsoleKit support')
+option('firmware-packager', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'enable firmware-packager installation')
 option('gpg', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'enable the GPG verification support')
 option('gtkdoc', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'enable developer documentation')
 option('introspection', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'generate GObject Introspection data')