--- /a/configure.ac
+++ /b/configure.ac
@@ -124,7 +124,6 @@
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(NETWORK_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES gmodule-2.0)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(POWER_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES upower-glib >= 0.9.1
                   cinnamon-settings-daemon >= $CSD_REQUIRED_VERSION)
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(COLOR_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES colord >= 0.1.8)
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(REGION_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES libgnomekbd >= 2.91.91
                   polkit-gobject-1 >= $POLKIT_REQUIRED_VERSION
                   libxklavier >= 5.1 libgnomekbdui >= 2.91.91)
@@ -201,15 +200,51 @@
   AC_SUBST(CUPS_LIBS)
 fi
 
+build_color=false
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(color,
+       AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-color],
+               [disable color management panel]),
+       [case "${enableval}" in
+               yes) WANT_COLOR=yes ;;
+               no) WANT_COLOR=no ;;
+               *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-color) ;;
+       esac],
+       [WANT_COLOR=yes]) dnl Default value
+
+if test x$WANT_COLOR = xyes; then
+       PKG_CHECK_MODULES(COLOR_PANEL, $COMMON_MODULES colord >= 0.1.8)
+       build_color=true
+fi
+if test "x$build_color" = xtrue ; then
+       AC_DEFINE(BUILD_COLOR, 1, [Define to 1 to build the Color panel])
+fi
+AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_COLOR, test "x$build_color" = "xtrue")
+AC_SUBST(COLOR_PANEL_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(COLOR_PANEL_LIBS)
+
 build_wacom=false
-PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WACOM_PANEL, [$COMMON_MODULES
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(wacom,
+       AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-wacom],
+               [disable wacom management panel]),
+       [case "${enableval}" in
+               yes) WANT_WACOM=yes ;;
+               no) WANT_WACOM=no ;;
+               *) AC_MSG_ERROR(bad value ${enableval} for --disable-wacom) ;;
+       esac],
+       [WANT_WACOM=yes]) dnl Default value
+
+if test x$WANT_WACOM = xyes; then
+        PKG_CHECK_MODULES(WACOM_PANEL, [$COMMON_MODULES
                   cinnamon-settings-daemon >= $CSD_REQUIRED_VERSION
                   xi >= 1.2 x11 libwacom >= $LIBWACOM_REQUIRED_VERSION
                   cinnamon-desktop
-                  gtk+-3.0 >= 3.8.0],
-                  [build_wacom="true" AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WACOM, 1, [Define if wacom is being build])], [build_wacom="false"])
-
+                  gtk+-3.0 >= 3.8.0])
+        build_wacom="true"
+        AC_DEFINE(HAVE_WACOM, 1, [Define if wacom is being build])]
+fi
 AM_CONDITIONAL(BUILD_WACOM, test "x$build_wacom" = "xtrue")
+AC_SUBST(WACOM_PANEL_CFLAGS)
+AC_SUBST(WACOM_PANEL_LIBS)
 
 # This is a hard-dependency for the region and user-accounts panels
 PKG_CHECK_MODULES(ISOCODES, iso-codes)
--- /a/panels/Makefile.am
+++ /b/panels/Makefile.am
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 enabled_panels = \
 	common \
 	screen \
-	color \
 	display \
 	region \
 	universal-access \
@@ -14,6 +13,12 @@
 
 disabled_panels = $(NULL)
 
+if BUILD_COLOR
+enabled_panels += color
+else
+disabled_panels += color
+endif
+
 if BUILD_NETWORK
 enabled_panels += network
 else