diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bfd708cb4c..8a9f4d08ed 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1714,7 +1714,7 @@ exe = executable('systemd-analyze',
                                  libmount,
                                  libblkid],
                  install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
-                 install : true)
+                 install : get_option('analyze'))
 public_programs += exe
 
 executable('systemd-journald',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 30cf147718..5daed21598 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -364,3 +364,5 @@ option('llvm-fuzz', type : 'boolean', value : 'false',
        description : 'build against LLVM libFuzzer')
 option('kernel-install', type: 'boolean', value: 'true',
        description : 'include kernel-install feature')
+option('analyze', type: 'boolean', value: 'true',
+       description : 'include systemd-analyze')