diff --git a/include/meson.build b/include/meson.build
index f76f557be..dfca3c340 100644
--- a/include/meson.build
+++ b/include/meson.build
@@ -153,10 +153,10 @@ conf_data.set('BUSFAULT', conf_data.get('HAVE_SIGACTION'))
 conf_data.set('_XTYPEDEF_POINTER', '1')
 conf_data.set('_XITYPEDEF_POINTER', '1')
 
+conf_data.set('LISTEN_TCP', get_option('listen_tcp'))
+conf_data.set('LISTEN_UNIX', get_option('listen_unix'))
+conf_data.set('LISTEN_LOCAL', get_option('listen_local'))
 # XXX: Configurable?
-conf_data.set('LISTEN_TCP', '1')
-conf_data.set('LISTEN_UNIX', '1')
-conf_data.set('LISTEN_LOCAL', '1')
 conf_data.set('XTRANS_SEND_FDS', '1')
 
 conf_data.set('TCPCONN', '1')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 86fca4668..3453b8df5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ option('vendor_name_short', type: 'string', value: 'X.Org')
 option('vendor_web', type: 'string', value: 'http://wiki.x.org')
 option('os_vendor', type: 'string', value: '')
 
+option('listen_tcp', type: 'boolean', value: false,
+       description: 'Listen on TCP by default')
+option('listen_unix', type: 'boolean', value: true,
+       description: 'Listen on Unix by default')
+option('listen_local', type: 'boolean', value: true,
+       description: 'Listen on local by default')
+
 option('int10', type: 'combo', choices: ['stub', 'x86emu', 'vm86', 'auto', 'false'],
        value: 'auto',
        description: 'Xorg int10 backend (default: usually x86emu)')