diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8a9f4d08ed..209971cc10 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3500,6 +3500,8 @@ foreach tuple : [
         ['link-systemctl-shared', get_option('link-systemctl-shared')],
         ['link-networkd-shared',  get_option('link-networkd-shared')],
         ['link-timesyncd-shared', get_option('link-timesyncd-shared')],
+        ['kernel-install',        get_option('kernel-install')],
+        ['systemd-analyze',       get_option('analyze')],
 ]
 
         if tuple.length() >= 2
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 5daed21598..3526645a59 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -363,6 +363,6 @@ option('oss-fuzz', type : 'boolean', value : 'false',
 option('llvm-fuzz', type : 'boolean', value : 'false',
        description : 'build against LLVM libFuzzer')
 option('kernel-install', type: 'boolean', value: 'true',
-       description : 'include kernel-install feature')
+       description : 'install kernel-install and associated files')
 option('analyze', type: 'boolean', value: 'true',
-       description : 'include systemd-analyze')
+       description : 'install systemd-analyze')