diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index c052e85aa..e1adc4ff9 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ option('cam',
         value : 'auto',
         description : 'Compile the cam test application')
 
+option('cam-drm-sink',
+        type : 'feature',
+        value : 'disabled',
+        description : 'Compile the cam test application with DRM KMS sink support')
+
+option('cam-sdl-sink',
+        type : 'feature',
+        value : 'disabled',
+        description : 'Compile the cam test application with SDL sink support')
+
+option('cam-sdl-jpeg',
+        type : 'feature',
+        value : 'disabled',
+        description : 'Compile the cam test application with MJPEG on SDL sink support')
+
 option('documentation',
         type : 'feature',
         value : 'auto',
@@ -31,6 +46,16 @@ option('gstreamer',
         value : 'auto',
         description : 'Compile libcamera GStreamer plugin')
 
+option('tiff',
+        type : 'feature',
+        value : 'disabled',
+        description : 'compile libcamera with tiff support')
+
+option('gnutls',
+        type : 'feature',
+        value : 'disabled',
+        description : 'compile libcamera with IPA module signing support using GNU TLS library')
+
 option('ipas',
         type : 'array',
         choices : ['ipu3', 'mali-c55', 'rkisp1', 'rpi/pisp', 'rpi/vc4', 'simple',
@@ -47,6 +72,11 @@ option('libunwind',
         value : 'auto',
         description : 'Enable libunwind integration for backtrace generation')
 
+option('libdw',
+        type : 'feature',
+        value : 'disabled',
+        description : 'Enable libdw integration for backtrace generation')
+
 option('pipelines',
         type : 'array',
         value : ['auto'],
diff --git a/src/apps/cam/meson.build b/src/apps/cam/meson.build
index cd7f120f9..1711630b3 100644
--- a/src/apps/cam/meson.build
+++ b/src/apps/cam/meson.build
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@ cam_sources = files([
 
 cam_cpp_args = [apps_cpp_args]
 
-libdrm = dependency('libdrm', required : false)
-libjpeg = dependency('libjpeg', required : false)
-libsdl2 = dependency('SDL2', required : false)
+libdrm = dependency('libdrm', required : get_option('cam-drm-sink'))
+libjpeg = dependency('libjpeg', required : get_option('cam-sdl-jpeg'))
+libsdl2 = dependency('SDL2', required : get_option('cam-sdl-sink'))
 
 if libdrm.found()
     cam_cpp_args += [ '-DHAVE_KMS' ]
diff --git a/src/apps/meson.build b/src/apps/meson.build
index af632b9a7..ad36f85c7 100644
--- a/src/apps/meson.build
+++ b/src/apps/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if not libevent.found()
     libevent = dependency('libevent_pthreads', required : opt_lc_compliance)
 endif
 
-libtiff = dependency('libtiff-4', required : false)
+libtiff = dependency('libtiff-4', required : get_option('tiff'))
 
 subdir('common')
 
diff --git a/src/libcamera/base/meson.build b/src/libcamera/base/meson.build
index bcf37f71c..b57774f49 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/base/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/base/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ libcamera_base_internal_sources = files([
     'utils.cpp',
 ])
 
-libdw = dependency('libdw', required : false)
+libdw = dependency('libdw', required : get_option('libdw'))
 libunwind = dependency('libunwind', required : get_option('libunwind'))
 
 if cc.has_header_symbol('execinfo.h', 'backtrace')
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 575408b2c..3ccb234f1 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ libyaml = dependency('yaml-0.1', default_options : [
 ])
 
 # Use one of gnutls or libcrypto (provided by OpenSSL), trying gnutls first.
-libcrypto = dependency('gnutls', required : false)
+libcrypto = dependency('gnutls', required : get_option('gnutls'))
 if libcrypto.found()
     config_h.set('HAVE_GNUTLS', 1)
 else