diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index a3f98b0696a..f00a2787a68 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -65,6 +65,14 @@ option(
   description : 'Location to install dri drivers. Default: $libdir/dri.'
 )
 
+option(
+  'unversion-libgallium',
+  type : 'boolean',
+  value : false,
+  description : 'Do not include mesa version in libgallium DSO filename. ' +
+                'Do not enable unless you know what you are doing. Default: false'
+)
+
 option(
   'dri-search-path',
   type : 'string',
diff --git a/src/gallium/targets/dri/meson.build b/src/gallium/targets/dri/meson.build
index b79281d3542..40950351172 100644
--- a/src/gallium/targets/dri/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/targets/dri/meson.build
@@ -22,8 +22,14 @@ if with_ld_dynamic_list
   gallium_dri_link_depends += files('../dri.dyn')
 endif
 
+if get_option('unversion-libgallium')
+  libgallium_name = 'gallium_dri'
+else
+  libgallium_name = 'gallium-@0@'.format(meson.project_version())
+endif
+
 libgallium_dri = shared_library(
-  'gallium-@0@'.format(meson.project_version()),
+  libgallium_name,
   files('dri_target.c'),
   include_directories : [
     inc_include, inc_src, inc_mapi, inc_mesa, inc_gallium, inc_gallium_aux, inc_util, inc_gallium_drivers,