diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 56c19bc881afc..0bf02182864d5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -867,6 +867,13 @@ if _power8 != 'disabled'
   endif
 endif
 
+if get_option('vmware-mks-stats')
+  if not with_gallium_svga
+    error('vmware-mks-stats requires gallium VMware/svga driver.')
+  endif
+  pre_args += '-DVMX86_STATS=1'
+endif
+
 _opencl = get_option('gallium-opencl')
 if _opencl != 'disabled'
   if not with_gallium
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 29c402c4844a5..8f67013d1bb2b 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -524,3 +524,9 @@ option(
   value : '',
   description : 'Enable a custom shader replacement mechanism. Note that enabling this option requires adding/generating a shader_replacement.h file that can be included (see shaderapi.c).'
 )
+option(
+  'vmware-mks-stats',
+  type : 'boolean',
+  value : false,
+  description : 'Build gallium VMware/svga driver with mksGuestStats instrumentation.'
+)