diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index ea535ab40..ed03961eb 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -9,4 +9,5 @@ option('enable_gamescope_wsi_layer', type : 'boolean', value : true, description
 option('enable_openvr_support',      type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'OpenVR Integrations')
 option('enable_tests',               type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Build unit tests')
 option('enable_zenity',              type : 'boolean', value : true, description: 'Build with zenity support in the WSI layers error handling')
+option('system_spirv_headers',       type : 'boolean', value : false, description: 'Use system SPIR-V headers instead of bundled ones')
 option('benchmark', type: 'feature', description: 'Benchmark tools')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 498bca645..2a928f619 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -87,10 +87,15 @@ reshade_src = [
   'reshade/source/effect_symbol_table.cpp',
 ]
 
+spirv_include_path = '../thirdparty/SPIRV-Headers/include/spirv/unified1'
+if get_option('system_spirv_headers')
+  spirv_include_path = '/usr/include/spirv/unified1'
+endif
+
 reshade_include = include_directories([
   'reshade/source',
   'reshade/include',
-  '../thirdparty/SPIRV-Headers/include/spirv/unified1'
+  spirv_include_path
 ])
 
 sol2_include = include_directories(['../thirdparty'])