diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d58c9e3899..d2ae691333 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -73,6 +73,9 @@ if get_option('enable_update_checker')
     conf.set_quoted('UPDATE_CHECKER_SERVER', get_option('update_server'))
     conf.set_quoted('UPDATE_CHECKER_BASE_URL', get_option('update_url'))
 endif
+if get_option('relocatable') and host_machine.system() == 'linux'
+    conf.set('APPIMAGE_BUILD', 1)
+endif
 
 deps = []
 deps_inc = []
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 1c29cd3b33..6b5d796457 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ option('update_server', type: 'string', value: 'https://aegisub-updates.redvice.
 option('update_url', type: 'string', value: '/trunk', description: 'Base path to use for the update checker')
 
 option('build_osx_bundle', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Package Aegisub.app on OSX')
+
+option('relocatable', type: 'boolean', value: false, description: 'Enable relocatable build')