diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 41d4624b..7182999b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ wayland_cursor = dependency('wayland-cursor')
 wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols')
 wlroots = dependency('wlroots', fallback: ['wlroots', 'wlroots'])
 gtkmm = dependency('gtkmm-3.0')
-dbusmenu_gtk = dependency('dbusmenu-gtk3-0.4')
+dbusmenu_gtk = dependency('dbusmenu-gtk3-0.4', required: get_option('dbusmenu-gtk'))
 jsoncpp = dependency('jsoncpp')
 sigcpp = dependency('sigc++-2.0')
 libnl = dependency('libnl-3.0', required: get_option('libnl'))
@@ -47,10 +47,6 @@ src_files = files(
     'src/modules/clock.cpp',
     'src/modules/custom.cpp',
     'src/modules/cpu.cpp',
-    'src/modules/sni/tray.cpp',
-    'src/modules/sni/snw.cpp',
-    'src/modules/sni/snh.cpp',
-    'src/modules/sni/sni.cpp',
     'src/main.cpp',
     'src/bar.cpp',
     'src/client.cpp'
@@ -75,6 +71,16 @@ if libpulse.found()
     src_files += 'src/modules/pulseaudio.cpp'
 endif
 
+if dbusmenu_gtk.found()
+    add_project_arguments('-DHAVE_DBUSMENU', language: 'cpp')
+    src_files += files(
+        'src/modules/sni/tray.cpp',
+        'src/modules/sni/snw.cpp',
+        'src/modules/sni/snh.cpp',
+        'src/modules/sni/sni.cpp'
+    )
+endif
+
 subdir('protocol')
 
 executable(
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 2d493112..754dcab5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 option('libnl', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable libnl support for network related features')
 option('pulseaudio', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable support for pulseaudio')
+option('dbusmenu-gtk', type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Enable support for tray')
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/factory.cpp b/src/factory.cpp
index d3c53f39..77302dd1 100644
--- a/src/factory.cpp
+++ b/src/factory.cpp
@@ -27,9 +27,11 @@ waybar::IModule* waybar::Factory::makeModule(const std::string &name) const
     if (name == "clock") {
       return new waybar::modules::Clock(config_[name]);
     }
+    #ifdef DHAVE_DBUSMENU
     if (name == "tray") {
       return new waybar::modules::SNI::Tray(config_[name]);
     }
+    #endif
     #ifdef HAVE_LIBNL
     if (name == "network") {
       return new waybar::modules::Network(config_[name]);