diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8c809f4..268925d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -241,6 +241,9 @@ install_headers(
     'xkbcommon/xkbcommon-names.h',
     subdir: 'xkbcommon',
 )
+libxkbcommon_dep = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: libxkbcommon,
+)
 pkgconfig.generate(
     libxkbcommon,
     name: 'xkbcommon',
@@ -532,8 +535,8 @@ if build_tools
         'tools-internal',
         'tools/tools-common.h',
         'tools/tools-common.c',
-        libxkbcommon_sources,
         include_directories: include_directories('src'),
+        dependencies: libxkbcommon_dep,
     )
     tools_dep = declare_dependency(
         include_directories: [include_directories('src'), include_directories('tools')],
@@ -550,6 +553,13 @@ if build_tools
                install: true,
                install_dir: dir_libexec)
     install_man('tools/xkbcli-compile-keymap.1')
+    # The same tool again, but with access to some private APIS
+    executable('compile-keymap',
+               'tools/compile-keymap.c',
+               libxkbcommon_sources,
+               dependencies: [tools_dep],
+               c_args: ['-DENABLE_PRIVATE_APIS'],
+               install: false)
     configh_data.set10('HAVE_XKBCLI_COMPILE_KEYMAP', true)
     executable('xkbcli-how-to-type',
                'tools/how-to-type.c',
diff --git a/tools/compile-keymap.c b/tools/compile-keymap.c
index be2eaeb..370a67c 100644
--- a/tools/compile-keymap.c
+++ b/tools/compile-keymap.c
@@ -56,8 +56,10 @@ usage(char **argv)
            "Options:\n"
            " --verbose\n"
            "    Enable verbose debugging output\n"
+#if ENABLE_PRIVATE_APIS
            " --kccgst\n"
            "    Print a keymap which only includes the KcCGST component names instead of the full keymap\n"
+#endif
            " --rmlvo\n"
            "    Print the full RMLVO with the defaults filled in for missing elements\n"
            " --from-xkb\n"
@@ -111,7 +113,9 @@ parse_options(int argc, char **argv, struct xkb_rule_names *names)
     static struct option opts[] = {
         {"help",             no_argument,            0, 'h'},
         {"verbose",          no_argument,            0, OPT_VERBOSE},
+#if ENABLE_PRIVATE_APIS
         {"kccgst",           no_argument,            0, OPT_KCCGST},
+#endif
         {"rmlvo",            no_argument,            0, OPT_RMLVO},
         {"from-xkb",         no_argument,            0, OPT_FROM_XKB},
         {"include",          required_argument,      0, OPT_INCLUDE},
@@ -191,6 +195,7 @@ print_rmlvo(struct xkb_context *ctx, const struct xkb_rule_names *rmlvo)
 static bool
 print_kccgst(struct xkb_context *ctx, const struct xkb_rule_names *rmlvo)
 {
+#if ENABLE_PRIVATE_APIS
         struct xkb_component_names kccgst;
 
         if (!xkb_components_from_rules(ctx, rmlvo, &kccgst))
@@ -209,6 +214,9 @@ print_kccgst(struct xkb_context *ctx, const struct xkb_rule_names *rmlvo)
         free(kccgst.symbols);
 
         return true;
+#else
+        return false;
+#endif
 }
 
 static bool
diff --git a/tools/xkbcli-compile-keymap.1 b/tools/xkbcli-compile-keymap.1
index eb4b0d3..64c4263 100644
--- a/tools/xkbcli-compile-keymap.1
+++ b/tools/xkbcli-compile-keymap.1
@@ -20,10 +20,6 @@ Print help and exit
 Enable verbose debugging output
 .
 .TP
-\fB\-\-kccgst\fR
-Print a keymap which only includes the KcCGST component names instead of the full keymap
-.
-.TP
 \fB\-\-rmlvo\fR
 Print the full RMLVO with the defaults filled in for missing elements
 .