diff --git a/.github/workflows/build.yml b/.github/workflows/build.yml
index 3d9973a9..abf8104c 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build.yml
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ jobs:
         #
         # As of meson 0.47.0 -Dopt= and -Dopt=[] both pass an empty list,
         # before this -Dopt= would pass a list with an empty string.
-        meson setup -Ddoc_builders=[] \
+        meson setup -Ddoc_builders=[] -Dapp_indicator=false \
         --prefix=$MINGW_PREFIX \
         --datadir=$MINGW_PREFIX/share \
         --sysconfdir=$MINGW_PREFIX/etc \
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 27e089db..e5a03e16 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 option('doc_builders', type : 'array', choices : ['html', 'man'], value : [])
+option('app_indicator', type : 'boolean', value : true)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index fce64f44..cedfad92 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -121,10 +121,13 @@ deps = [
   dependency('libsoup-2.4'),
   dependency('openssl'),
   dependency('libsecret-1'),
-  dependency('ayatana-appindicator3-0.1'),
   generated_meta_h,
 ]
 
+if get_option('app_indicator')
+  deps += [dependency('ayatana-appindicator3-0.1')]
+endif
+
 incdirs = [
   include_directories('inc'),
   include_directories('config'),
diff --git a/src/sui/sui_app.c b/src/sui/sui_app.c
index b050702c..0d323630 100644
--- a/src/sui/sui_app.c
+++ b/src/sui/sui_app.c
@@ -25,7 +25,10 @@
  */
 
 #include <gtk/gtk.h>
+
+#ifdef ENABLE_APP_INDICATOR
 #include <libayatana-appindicator/app-indicator.h>
+#endif
 
 #include "sui/sui.h"
 #include "meta.h"
@@ -42,7 +45,12 @@
 struct _SuiApplication {
     GtkApplication parent;
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_APP_INDICATOR
     AppIndicator *tray_icon;
+#else
+    GtkStatusIcon *tray_icon;
+#endif
+
     // GtkPopover can not shown at outside of GtkWindow on X11,
     // so we need another traditional menu as tray icon menu.
     GtkMenu *menu;
@@ -86,6 +94,10 @@ static void on_activate_exit(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant  *parameter,
 static void on_toggle_server_visibility(GSimpleAction *action, GVariant  *parameter,
         gpointer user_data);
 static void tray_icon_on_click(GtkStatusIcon *status_icon, gpointer user_data);
+#ifdef ENABLE_APP_INDICATOR
+static void tray_icon_on_popup_menu(GtkStatusIcon *status_icon, guint button,
+       guint activate_time, gpointer user_data);
+#endif
 
 /*****************************************************************************
  * GObject functions
@@ -457,11 +469,16 @@ static void on_startup(SuiApplication *self){
         gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "popover_menu")));
     g_object_unref(builder);
 
+#ifdef ENABLE_APP_INDICATOR
     self->tray_icon = app_indicator_new(PACKAGE_APPID, PACKAGE_APPID,
             APP_INDICATOR_CATEGORY_APPLICATION_STATUS);
     app_indicator_set_status(self->tray_icon, APP_INDICATOR_STATUS_ACTIVE);
     app_indicator_set_attention_icon(self->tray_icon, "srain-red");
     app_indicator_set_menu(self->tray_icon, self->menu);
+#else
+    self->tray_icon = gtk_status_icon_new_from_icon_name(PACKAGE_APPID);
+#endif
+    gtk_widget_set_tooltip_text(GTK_WIDGET(self->tray_icon), PACKAGE);
 
     // Attach to any widget to connect to action
     gtk_menu_attach_to_widget(self->menu, GTK_WIDGET(self->popover_menu), NULL);
@@ -601,3 +618,14 @@ static void tray_icon_on_click(GtkStatusIcon *status_icon, gpointer user_data){
         gtk_widget_set_visible(win, !gtk_widget_get_visible(win));
     }
 }
+
+#ifndef ENABLE_APP_INDICATOR
+static void tray_icon_on_popup_menu(GtkStatusIcon *status_icon, guint button,
+        guint activate_time, gpointer user_data){
+    SuiApplication *self;
+
+    self = user_data;
+
+    gtk_menu_popup(self->menu, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, button, activate_time);
+}
+#endif