diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6a0a0d2..6dfef6c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -53,6 +53,11 @@ if shim_behaviour == 'replacement'
     cdata.set('REPLACE_STEAM', '1')
 endif
 
+with_libintercept = get_option('with-libintercept')
+if with_libintercept == true
+    cdata.set('HAVE_LIBINTERCEPT', '1')
+endif
+
 config_h = configure_file(
      configuration: cdata,
      output: 'config.h',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 381c678..d08e269 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ option('with-steam-binary', type: 'string', description: 'Set the path to the St
 option('with-frontend', type: 'boolean', description: 'Build the LSI Settings UI', value: false)
 option('with-preload-libs', type: 'string', description: 'Colon separated list of libraries required to launch Steam games',
         value: '/usr/\$LIB/libxcb.so.1:/usr/\$LIB/libX11.so.6:/usr/\$LIB/libstdc++.so.6')
+option('with-libintercept', type: 'boolean', description: 'Enable libintercept library for controlling Steam linking', value: true)
diff --git a/src/intercept/meson.build b/src/intercept/meson.build
index d11b7a8..aef983c 100644
--- a/src/intercept/meson.build
+++ b/src/intercept/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
-intercept_sources = [
-    'main.c',
-]
+# Only build libintercept if told to!
 
-main_intercept = shared_library(
-    'lsi-intercept',
-    sources: intercept_sources + nica_sources,
-    include_directories: nica_includes,
-    install: true,
-)
+if with_libintercept == true
+
+    intercept_sources = [
+        'main.c',
+    ]
+
+    main_intercept = shared_library(
+        'lsi-intercept',
+        sources: intercept_sources + nica_sources,
+        include_directories: nica_includes,
+        install: true,
+    )
+endif