diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2cd1ee7..6a79093 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -833,20 +833,22 @@ You can disable the documentation with -Denable-docs=false.''')
         install_dir: docdir,
         build_by_default: true,
     )
-    ensure_stable_urls = find_program('scripts'/'ensure-stable-doc-urls.py')
-    custom_target(
-        'doc-cool-uris',
-        input: [doc_gen, 'doc'/'cool-uris.yaml'],
-        output: 'html-xtra',
-        command: [
-            ensure_stable_urls,
-            'generate-redirections',
-            meson.current_source_dir()/'doc'/'cool-uris.yaml',
-            meson.current_build_dir()/'html'
-        ],
-        install: false,
-        build_by_default: true,
-    )
+    if get_option('enable-cool-uris')
+        ensure_stable_urls = find_program('scripts'/'ensure-stable-doc-urls.py')
+        custom_target(
+            'doc-cool-uris',
+            input: [doc_gen, 'doc'/'cool-uris.yaml'],
+            output: 'html-xtra',
+            command: [
+                ensure_stable_urls,
+                'generate-redirections',
+                meson.current_source_dir()/'doc'/'cool-uris.yaml',
+                meson.current_build_dir()/'html'
+            ],
+            install: false,
+            build_by_default: true,
+        )
+    endif
 endif
 
 configure_file(output: 'config.h', configuration: configh_data)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 69850b8..924d1f7 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ option(
     value: true,
     description: 'Enable building the documentation',
 )
+option(
+    'enable-cool-uris',
+    type: 'boolean',
+    value: false,
+    description: 'Enable creating redirections to maintain stable documentation pages',
+)
 option(
     'enable-wayland',
     type: 'boolean',