diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 3a9977b..6c8ef3a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
 
 subdir('libpldm')
 
+if get_option('libpldm-only').disabled()
+
 libpldmutils_headers = ['.']
 libpldmutils = library(
   'pldmutils',
@@ -77,3 +79,5 @@
 if get_option('utilities').enabled()
   subdir('utilities')
 endif
+
+endif # pldm-only
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 1c059db..00ef185 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -3,3 +3,5 @@
 option('oem-ibm', type: 'feature', description: 'Enable IBM OEM PLDM', value: 'enabled')
 option('requester-api', type: 'feature', description: 'Enable libpldm requester API', value: 'enabled')
 option('utilities', type: 'feature', description: 'Enable debug utilities', value: 'enabled')
+
+option('libpldm-only', type: 'feature', description: 'Only build libpldm', value: 'disabled')