diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6db2f68..6c368bd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ dep_dxheaders = declare_dependency(
     link_with : guids_lib,
     include_directories : inc_dirs)
 
-if not meson.is_subproject()
+if not meson.is_subproject() and get_option('build-test')
     subdir('test')
 endif
 
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6ed5d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation.
+# Licensed under the MIT License.
+
+option('build-test',
+       type : 'boolean',
+       value : true,
+       description : 'Build the test')