diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1c01b63..ac02568 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -266,10 +266,16 @@ endforeach
 conf.set_quoted('FC_FONTPATH', escaped_xml_path)
 fonts_conf.set('FC_FONTPATH', xml_path)
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  fc_cachedir = 'LOCAL_APPDATA_FONTCONFIG_CACHE'
-else
-  fc_cachedir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('localstatedir'), 'cache', meson.project_name())
+fc_cachedir = get_option('cache-dir')
+if fc_cachedir in ['yes', 'no', 'default']
+  if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+    fc_cachedir = 'LOCAL_APPDATA_FONTCONFIG_CACHE'
+  else
+    fc_cachedir = join_paths(prefix, get_option('localstatedir'), 'cache', meson.project_name())
+  endif
+endif
+
+if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
   thread_dep = dependency('threads')
   conf.set('HAVE_PTHREAD', 1)
   deps += [thread_dep]
@@ -436,3 +442,6 @@ summary({
        'Font directories': fc_fonts_paths,
        'Additional font directories': fc_add_fonts,
        }, section: 'Defaults', bool_yn: true, list_sep: ', ')
+summary({
+       'Cache directory': fc_cachedir,
+       }, section: 'Paths', bool_yn: true, list_sep: ', ')
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 0e05e8b..6c7013e 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -23,3 +23,7 @@ option('default-fonts-dirs', type: 'array', value: ['yes'],
 
 option('additional-fonts-dirs', type: 'array', value: ['yes'],
   description: 'Find additional fonts in DIR1,DIR2,... (set to "yes" for generic system-specific defaults)')
+
+# Configuration paths
+option('cache-dir', type: 'string', value: 'default',
+  description: 'Use DIR to store cache files (default=LOCALSTATEDIR/cache/fontconfig)')