diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 62038db..bcd3456 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ opt="${opt:-${OPT:--O2}}"
 warn="${warn:-true}"
 reconfigure="${reconfigure:-true}"
 version="${version:-1.1}"
+xresources="${xresources:-true}"
 
 check_dist() {
     [ -f "/etc/pacman.conf" ] && [ "$warn" != "false" ] && printf "hint: detected Pacman. if you want you can run 'makepkg' with proper arguments to install it using pacman.\n" && pacman=true
@@ -52,62 +53,30 @@ build() {
 
     [ "$reconfigure" != "false" ] && rm -rf build/
 
-    if [ "$libconfig" != "true" ]; then
-        libconfig_text="libconfig = false"
-    else
-        libconfig_text="libconfig = true"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$pango" != "true" ] || [ "$pangoxft" != "true" ]; then
-        pango_text="pango = false"
-        pangoxft_text="pangoxft = false"
-    else
-        pango_text="pango = true"
-        pangoxft_text="pangoxft = true"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$openssl" != "true" ] || [ "$imlib2" != "true" ]; then
-        imlib2_text="imlib2 = false"
-        openssl_text="openssl = false"
-    else
-        imlib2_text="imlib2 = true"
-        openssl_text="openssl = true"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$xinerama" != "true" ]; then
-        xinerama_text="xinerama = false"
-    else
-        xinerama_text="xinerama = true"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$fribidi" != "true" ]; then
-        fribidi_text="fribidi = false"
-    else
-        fribidi_text="fribidi = true"
-    fi
-
-    if [ "$xresources" != "true" ]; then
-        xresources_text="xresources = false"
-    else
-        xresources_text="xresources = true"
-    fi
-
-    sed -i "s/libconfig = true/$libconfig_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/pango = true/$pango_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/pangoxft = true/$pangoxft_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/imlib2 = true/$imlib2_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/openssl = true/$openssl_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/xinerama = true/$xinerama_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/fribidi = true/$fribidi_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/xresources = true/$xresources_text/" meson.build
-    sed -i "s/opt = '-O2'/opt = '$opt'/g" meson.build
-
     mkdir -p build/
 
     if [ "$reconfigure" = "true" ]; then
-        meson setup --reconfigure build
+        meson setup --reconfigure \
+            -Dxresources="$xresources" \
+            -Dfribidi="$fribidi" \
+            -Dxinerama="$xinerama" \
+            -Dimlib2="$imlib2" \
+            -Dopenssl="$openssl" \
+            -Dpango="$pango" \
+            -Dpangoxft="$pangoxft" \
+            -Dlibconfig="$libconfig" \
+            build
     else
-        meson setup build
+        meson setup \
+            -Dxresources="$xresources" \
+            -Dfribidi="$fribidi" \
+            -Dxinerama="$xinerama" \
+            -Dimlib2="$imlib2" \
+            -Dopenssl="$openssl" \
+            -Dpango="$pango" \
+            -Dpangoxft="$pangoxft" \
+            -Dlibconfig="$libconfig" \
+            build
     fi
 
     ninja -C build
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b824420..819d35b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -5,16 +5,6 @@ project(
   default_options : ['warning_level=3']
 )
 
-imlib2 = true
-openssl = true
-xresources = true
-fribidi = true
-libconfig = true
-pango = true
-pangoxft = true
-xinerama = true
-opt = '-O2'
-
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
 project_source_files = [
@@ -45,26 +35,26 @@ build_args = [
   '-Wno-deprecated-declarations',
   '-Wno-unused-parameter',
   '-Wno-sign-compare',
-  opt,
+  get_option('opt'),
 ]
 
-if imlib2 and openssl
+if get_option('imlib2') and get_option('openssl')
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('imlib2') ]
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('openssl') ]
   build_args += [ '-DIMAGE' ]
 endif
 
-if fribidi
+if get_option('fribidi')
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('fribidi') ]
   build_args += [ '-DRTL' ]
 endif
 
-if xinerama
+if get_option('xinerama')
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('xinerama') ]
   build_args += [ '-DXINERAMA' ]
 endif
 
-if pango and pangoxft
+if get_option('pango') and get_option('pangoxft')
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('pango') ]
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('pangoxft') ]
   build_args += [ '-DPANGO' ]
@@ -72,12 +62,12 @@ else
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('fontconfig') ]
 endif
 
-if libconfig
+if get_option('libconfig')
   project_dependencies += [ dependency('libconfig') ]
   build_args += [ '-DCONFIG' ]
 endif
 
-if xresources
+if get_option('xresources')
   build_args += [ '-DXRESOURCES' ]
 endif
 
diff --git a/meson.options b/meson.options
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56282a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson.options
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+option('imlib2', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable image support')
+option('openssl', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable OpenSSL, used for image support')
+option('xresources', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable .Xresources/xrdb support')
+option('fribidi', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable Right-to-left language support')
+option('libconfig', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable configuration file support')
+option('pango', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable Pango markup support')
+option('pangoxft', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable Pango for libXft')
+option('xinerama', type : 'boolean', value : true, description : 'Enable multi-monitor support using libXinerama')
+option('opt', type : 'string', value : '-O2', description : 'Optimization level')
diff --git a/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh b/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh
index e6c54df..c937b9a 100755
--- a/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh
+++ b/scripts/make/generate-pkg.sh
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ version="$(grep "version : '" meson.build | awk '{ print $3 }' | sed "s/'\"//g;
 
 rm -f spmenu spmenu-${version}.tar.gz spmenu-${version}.PKGBUILD *.o *zst*
 mkdir -p spmenu-${version}
-cp -rf LICENSE meson.build *.h *.c scripts/ docs/ libs/ PKGBUILD build.sh spmenu-${version}
+cp -rf LICENSE meson.build meson.options *.h *.c scripts/ docs/ libs/ themes/ PKGBUILD build.sh spmenu-${version}
 [ -f buildconf ] && cp buildconf spmenu-${version} || :
 [ -f Makefile ] && cp Makefile spmenu-${version} || :
 [ -f host.mk ] && cp host.mk spmenu-${version} || :