diff --git a/doc/hooks/meson.section.md b/doc/hooks/meson.section.md
index 93e7019c311b..dc261271326a 100644
--- a/doc/hooks/meson.section.md
+++ b/doc/hooks/meson.section.md
@@ -43,3 +43,12 @@ Disables using Meson’s `checkPhase`.
 ### `dontUseMesonInstall` {#dontusemesoninstall}
 
 Disables using Meson’s `installPhase`.
+
+### `mesonInstallFlags` {#mesoninstallflags}
+
+Controls the flags passed to meson install.
+
+### `mesonInstallTags` (#mesoninstalltags)
+
+Tags specified here will be passed to Meson as via `--tags` during
+installation and controls which components will be installed.
diff --git a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
index 21faac529c6d..dc7780b2fd3d 100644
--- a/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
+++ b/pkgs/development/tools/build-managers/meson/setup-hook.sh
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ mesonInstallPhase() {
     # shellcheck disable=SC2086
     local flagsArray=($mesonInstallFlags "${mesonInstallFlagsArray[@]}")
 
+    if [[ -n "$mesonInstallTags" ]]; then
+        flagsArray+=("--tags" "${mesonInstallTags// /,}")
+    fi
+
     echoCmd 'install flags' "${flagsArray[@]}"
     meson install --no-rebuild "${flagsArray[@]}"