--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 option('install-py-overrides', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Install Python gi overrides file')
 option('py-overrides-dir', type : 'string', value : '', description: 'Path to pygobject overrides directory')
+option('introspection', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Generate GObject introspection data and vapi')
+option('docs', type: 'boolean', value: true, description: 'Build the gtk-doc API documentation')
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@ root_dir = include_directories('.')
 subdir('libaccounts-glib')
 subdir('tools')
 subdir('data')
-subdir('docs')
+if get_option('docs')
+  subdir('docs')
+endif
 subdir('tests')
--- a/libaccounts-glib/meson.build
+++ b/libaccounts-glib/meson.build
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ accounts_glib_dep = declare_dependency(
     include_directories: [ include_directories('.'), root_dir ]
 )
 
+if get_option('introspection')
 # GObject introspection
 gir_targets = gnome.generate_gir(ag_library,
     sources: public_headers + c_files,
@@ -107,6 +108,7 @@ gnome.generate_vapi('libaccounts-glib',
 install_data('libaccounts-glib.deps',
     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'vala', 'vapi')
 )
+endif
 
 install_data('com.google.code.AccountsSSO.Accounts.Manager.xml',
     install_dir: join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'dbus-1', 'interfaces')