diff --git a/configure b/configure
index c9be6eb04d..cfd15c3518 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -301,8 +301,6 @@ vhost_vsock="$default_feature"
 vhost_user="no"
 vhost_user_fs="$default_feature"
 vhost_vdpa="$default_feature"
-rdma="$default_feature"
-pvrdma="$default_feature"
 debug_info="yes"
 debug_tcg="no"
 debug="no"
@@ -972,14 +970,6 @@ for opt do
   ;;
   --tls-priority=*) tls_priority="$optarg"
   ;;
-  --enable-rdma) rdma="yes"
-  ;;
-  --disable-rdma) rdma="no"
-  ;;
-  --enable-pvrdma) pvrdma="yes"
-  ;;
-  --disable-pvrdma) pvrdma="no"
-  ;;
   --disable-vhost-user) vhost_user="no"
   ;;
   --enable-vhost-user) vhost_user="yes"
@@ -1244,8 +1234,6 @@ cat << EOF
   lto             Enable Link-Time Optimization.
   safe-stack      SafeStack Stack Smash Protection. Depends on
                   clang/llvm >= 3.7 and requires coroutine backend ucontext.
-  rdma            Enable RDMA-based migration
-  pvrdma          Enable PVRDMA support
   vhost-net       vhost-net kernel acceleration support
   vhost-vsock     virtio sockets device support
   vhost-scsi      vhost-scsi kernel target support
@@ -2037,100 +2025,6 @@ EOF
   fi
 fi
 
-##########################################
-# RDMA needs OpenFabrics libraries
-if test "$rdma" != "no" ; then
-  cat > $TMPC <<EOF
-#include <rdma/rdma_cma.h>
-int main(void) { return 0; }
-EOF
-  rdma_libs="-lrdmacm -libverbs -libumad"
-  if compile_prog "" "$rdma_libs" ; then
-    rdma="yes"
-  else
-    if test "$rdma" = "yes" ; then
-        error_exit \
-            " OpenFabrics librdmacm/libibverbs/libibumad not present." \
-            " Your options:" \
-            "  (1) Fast: Install infiniband packages (devel) from your distro." \
-            "  (2) Cleanest: Install libraries from www.openfabrics.org" \
-            "  (3) Also: Install softiwarp if you don't have RDMA hardware"
-    fi
-    rdma="no"
-  fi
-fi
-
-##########################################
-# PVRDMA detection
-
-cat > $TMPC <<EOF &&
-#include <sys/mman.h>
-
-int
-main(void)
-{
-    char buf = 0;
-    void *addr = &buf;
-    addr = mremap(addr, 0, 1, MREMAP_MAYMOVE | MREMAP_FIXED);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-
-if test "$rdma" = "yes" ; then
-    case "$pvrdma" in
-    "")
-        if compile_prog "" ""; then
-            pvrdma="yes"
-        else
-            pvrdma="no"
-        fi
-        ;;
-    "yes")
-        if ! compile_prog "" ""; then
-            error_exit "PVRDMA is not supported since mremap is not implemented"
-        fi
-        pvrdma="yes"
-        ;;
-    "no")
-        pvrdma="no"
-        ;;
-    esac
-else
-    if test "$pvrdma" = "yes" ; then
-        error_exit "PVRDMA requires rdma suppport"
-    fi
-    pvrdma="no"
-fi
-
-# Let's see if enhanced reg_mr is supported
-if test "$pvrdma" = "yes" ; then
-
-cat > $TMPC <<EOF &&
-#include <infiniband/verbs.h>
-
-int
-main(void)
-{
-    struct ibv_mr *mr;
-    struct ibv_pd *pd = NULL;
-    size_t length = 10;
-    uint64_t iova = 0;
-    int access = 0;
-    void *addr = NULL;
-
-    mr = ibv_reg_mr_iova(pd, addr, length, iova, access);
-
-    ibv_dereg_mr(mr);
-
-    return 0;
-}
-EOF
-    if ! compile_prog "" "-libverbs"; then
-        QEMU_CFLAGS="$QEMU_CFLAGS -DLEGACY_RDMA_REG_MR"
-    fi
-fi
-
 ##########################################
 # glib support probe
 
@@ -2855,15 +2749,6 @@ if test "$have_tsan" = "yes" && test "$have_tsan_iface_fiber" = "yes" ; then
     echo "CONFIG_TSAN=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
 
-if test "$rdma" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_RDMA=y" >> $config_host_mak
-  echo "RDMA_LIBS=$rdma_libs" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-
-if test "$pvrdma" = "yes" ; then
-  echo "CONFIG_PVRDMA=y" >> $config_host_mak
-fi
-
 if test "$plugins" = "yes" ; then
     echo "CONFIG_PLUGIN=y" >> $config_host_mak
 fi
diff --git a/contrib/rdmacm-mux/meson.build b/contrib/rdmacm-mux/meson.build
index 7674f54cc5..36c9c89630 100644
--- a/contrib/rdmacm-mux/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/rdmacm-mux/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
-if 'CONFIG_PVRDMA' in config_host
-  # if not found, CONFIG_PVRDMA should not be set
+if have_pvrdma
   # FIXME: broken on big endian architectures
-  libumad = cc.find_library('ibumad', required: true)
   executable('rdmacm-mux', files('main.c'), genh,
              dependencies: [glib, libumad],
              build_by_default: false,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index f53fd66716..bdee186702 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1217,9 +1217,22 @@ if numa.found() and not cc.links('''
 endif
 
 rdma = not_found
-if 'CONFIG_RDMA' in config_host
-  rdma = declare_dependency(link_args: config_host['RDMA_LIBS'].split())
+if not get_option('rdma').auto() or have_system
+  libumad = cc.find_library('ibumad', required: get_option('rdma'))
+  rdma_libs = [cc.find_library('rdmacm', has_headers: ['rdma/rdma_cma.h'],
+                               required: get_option('rdma'),
+                               kwargs: static_kwargs),
+               cc.find_library('ibverbs', required: get_option('rdma'),
+                               kwargs: static_kwargs),
+               libumad]
+  rdma = declare_dependency(dependencies: rdma_libs)
+  foreach lib: rdma_libs
+    if not lib.found()
+      rdma = not_found
+    endif
+  endforeach
 endif
+
 xen = not_found
 if 'CONFIG_XEN_BACKEND' in config_host
   xen = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['XEN_CFLAGS'].split(),
@@ -1552,6 +1565,7 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_NUMA', numa.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_OPENGL', opengl.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_PROFILER', get_option('profiler'))
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RBD', rbd.found())
+config_host_data.set('CONFIG_RDMA', rdma.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL', sdl.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SDL_IMAGE', sdl_image.found())
 config_host_data.set('CONFIG_SECCOMP', seccomp.found())
@@ -1650,7 +1664,7 @@ config_host_data.set('HAVE_SYSTEM_FUNCTION', cc.has_function('system', prefix: '
 if rdma.found()
   config_host_data.set('HAVE_IBV_ADVISE_MR',
                        cc.has_function('ibv_advise_mr',
-                                       args: config_host['RDMA_LIBS'].split(),
+                                       dependencies: rdma,
                                        prefix: '#include <infiniband/verbs.h>'))
 endif
 
@@ -1970,6 +1984,36 @@ config_host_data.set('CONFIG_AVX512F_OPT', get_option('avx512f') \
     int main(int argc, char *argv[]) { return bar(argv[0]); }
   '''), error_message: 'AVX512F not available').allowed())
 
+have_pvrdma = get_option('pvrdma') \
+  .require(rdma.found(), error_message: 'PVRDMA requires OpenFabrics libraries') \
+  .require(cc.compiles('''
+    int main(void)
+    {
+      char buf = 0;
+      void *addr = &buf;
+      addr = mremap(addr, 0, 1, MREMAP_MAYMOVE | MREMAP_FIXED);
+
+      return 0;
+    }'''), error_message: 'PVRDMA requires mremap').allowed()
+
+if have_pvrdma
+  config_host_data.set('LEGACY_RDMA_REG_MR', not cc.compiles('''
+    #include <infiniband/verbs.h>
+    int main(void)
+    {
+      struct ibv_mr *mr;
+      struct ibv_pd *pd = NULL;
+      size_t length = 10;
+      uint64_t iova = 0;
+      int access = 0;
+      void *addr = NULL;
+
+      mr = ibv_reg_mr_iova(pd, addr, length, iova, access);
+      ibv_dereg_mr(mr);
+      return 0;
+    }'''))
+endif
+
 if get_option('membarrier').disabled()
   have_membarrier = false
 elif targetos == 'windows'
@@ -2092,7 +2136,7 @@ host_kconfig = \
   ('CONFIG_VHOST_KERNEL' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_VHOST_KERNEL=y'] : []) + \
   (have_virtfs ? ['CONFIG_VIRTFS=y'] : []) + \
   ('CONFIG_LINUX' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_LINUX=y'] : []) + \
-  ('CONFIG_PVRDMA' in config_host ? ['CONFIG_PVRDMA=y'] : []) + \
+  (have_pvrdma ? ['CONFIG_PVRDMA=y'] : []) + \
   (multiprocess_allowed ? ['CONFIG_MULTIPROCESS_ALLOWED=y'] : [])
 
 ignored = [ 'TARGET_XML_FILES', 'TARGET_ABI_DIR', 'TARGET_ARCH' ]
@@ -3686,8 +3730,8 @@ summary_info += {'l2tpv3 support':    have_l2tpv3}
 summary_info += {'Linux AIO support': libaio}
 summary_info += {'Linux io_uring support': linux_io_uring}
 summary_info += {'ATTR/XATTR support': libattr}
-summary_info += {'RDMA support':      config_host.has_key('CONFIG_RDMA')}
-summary_info += {'PVRDMA support':    config_host.has_key('CONFIG_PVRDMA')}
+summary_info += {'RDMA support':      rdma}
+summary_info += {'PVRDMA support':    have_pvrdma}
 summary_info += {'fdt support':       fdt_opt == 'disabled' ? false : fdt_opt}
 summary_info += {'libcap-ng support': libcap_ng}
 summary_info += {'bpf support':       libbpf}
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index bd8efe4fbf..c00e0866e9 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -151,6 +151,10 @@ option('rbd', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'Ceph block device driver')
 option('opengl', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'OpenGL support')
+option('rdma', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+       description: 'Enable RDMA-based migration')
+option('pvrdma', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+       description: 'Enable PVRDMA support')
 option('gtk', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description: 'GTK+ user interface')
 option('sdl', type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
diff --git a/migration/meson.build b/migration/meson.build
index 8b5ca5c047..6880b61b10 100644
--- a/migration/meson.build
+++ b/migration/meson.build
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'tls.c',
 ), gnutls)
 
-softmmu_ss.add(when: ['CONFIG_RDMA', rdma], if_true: files('rdma.c'))
+softmmu_ss.add(when: rdma, if_true: files('rdma.c'))
 if get_option('live_block_migration').allowed()
   softmmu_ss.add(files('block.c'))
 endif
diff --git a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
index f91bd9231b..cd922614e8 100644
--- a/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
+++ b/scripts/meson-buildoptions.sh
@@ -95,10 +95,12 @@ meson_options_help() {
   printf "%s\n" '  oss             OSS sound support'
   printf "%s\n" '  pa              PulseAudio sound support'
   printf "%s\n" '  parallels       parallels image format support'
+  printf "%s\n" '  pvrdma          Enable PVRDMA support'
   printf "%s\n" '  qcow1           qcow1 image format support'
   printf "%s\n" '  qed             qed image format support'
   printf "%s\n" '  qga-vss         build QGA VSS support (broken with MinGW)'
   printf "%s\n" '  rbd             Ceph block device driver'
+  printf "%s\n" '  rdma            Enable RDMA-based migration'
   printf "%s\n" '  replication     replication support'
   printf "%s\n" '  sdl             SDL user interface'
   printf "%s\n" '  sdl-image       SDL Image support for icons'
@@ -282,6 +284,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-parallels) printf "%s" -Dparallels=disabled ;;
     --enable-profiler) printf "%s" -Dprofiler=true ;;
     --disable-profiler) printf "%s" -Dprofiler=false ;;
+    --enable-pvrdma) printf "%s" -Dpvrdma=enabled ;;
+    --disable-pvrdma) printf "%s" -Dpvrdma=disabled ;;
     --enable-qcow1) printf "%s" -Dqcow1=enabled ;;
     --disable-qcow1) printf "%s" -Dqcow1=disabled ;;
     --enable-qed) printf "%s" -Dqed=enabled ;;
@@ -292,6 +296,8 @@ _meson_option_parse() {
     --disable-qom-cast-debug) printf "%s" -Dqom_cast_debug=false ;;
     --enable-rbd) printf "%s" -Drbd=enabled ;;
     --disable-rbd) printf "%s" -Drbd=disabled ;;
+    --enable-rdma) printf "%s" -Drdma=enabled ;;
+    --disable-rdma) printf "%s" -Drdma=disabled ;;
     --enable-replication) printf "%s" -Dreplication=enabled ;;
     --disable-replication) printf "%s" -Dreplication=disabled ;;
     --enable-rng-none) printf "%s" -Drng_none=true ;;
