diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
index dea95f3..89f2309 100644
--- a/meson.options
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -23,3 +23,10 @@
     type: 'boolean',
     description: 'Enable transport implementation',
 )
+option(
+    'tools',
+    type: 'array',
+    description: 'Tools to build with the library',
+    choices: ['pd'],
+    value: ['pd'],
+)
diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
index d047267..03b0ec0 100644
--- a/tools/meson.build
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
-if get_option('abi').contains('testing')
+if get_option('abi').contains('testing') and get_option('tools').contains('pd')
     executable('pd', 'pd.c', dependencies: [libpldm_dep])
 endif