diff --git a/contrib/meson.build b/contrib/meson.build
index a7b77b87c2..d74b64a518 100644
--- a/contrib/meson.build
+++ b/contrib/meson.build
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-subdir('completion')
+foreach feature : get_option('contrib')
+  subdir(feature)
+endforeach
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/.gitignore b/contrib/subtree/.gitignore
index 0b9381abca..6deaf177c7 100644
--- a/contrib/subtree/.gitignore
+++ b/contrib/subtree/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 *~
+asciidoc.conf
+asciidoctor-extensions.rb
 git-subtree
 git-subtree.1
 git-subtree.html
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/Makefile b/contrib/subtree/Makefile
index 6fa7496bfd..8fe0bfd401 100644
--- a/contrib/subtree/Makefile
+++ b/contrib/subtree/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # The default target of this Makefile is...
 all::
 
+-include ../../shared.mak
 -include ../../config.mak.autogen
 -include ../../config.mak
 
@@ -13,17 +14,16 @@ htmldir ?= $(prefix)/share/doc/git-doc
 ../../GIT-VERSION-FILE: FORCE
 	$(MAKE) -C ../../ GIT-VERSION-FILE
 
--include ../../GIT-VERSION-FILE
-
 # this should be set to a 'standard' bsd-type install program
 INSTALL  ?= install
 RM       ?= rm -f
 
 ASCIIDOC         = asciidoc
-ASCIIDOC_CONF    = -f ../../Documentation/asciidoc.conf
+ASCIIDOC_CONF    = -f asciidoc.conf
 ASCIIDOC_HTML    = xhtml11
 ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA   =
+ASCIIDOC_DEPS    = asciidoc.conf
 XMLTO            = xmlto
 XMLTO_EXTRA      =
 
@@ -32,8 +32,9 @@ ASCIIDOC         = asciidoctor
 ASCIIDOC_CONF    =
 ASCIIDOC_HTML    = xhtml5
 ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK = docbook
-ASCIIDOC_EXTRA  += -I../../Documentation -rasciidoctor-extensions
+ASCIIDOC_EXTRA  += -I. -rasciidoctor-extensions
 ASCIIDOC_EXTRA  += -alitdd='&\#x2d;&\#x2d;'
+ASCIIDOC_DEPS    = asciidoctor-extensions.rb
 XMLTO_EXTRA     += --skip-validation
 endif
 
@@ -82,13 +83,13 @@ install-html: $(GIT_SUBTREE_HTML)
 $(GIT_SUBTREE_DOC): $(GIT_SUBTREE_XML)
 	$(XMLTO) -m $(MANPAGE_XSL) $(XMLTO_EXTRA) man $^
 
-$(GIT_SUBTREE_XML): $(GIT_SUBTREE_TXT)
+$(GIT_SUBTREE_XML): $(GIT_SUBTREE_TXT) $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -b $(ASCIIDOC_DOCBOOK) -d manpage $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-		-agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $^
+		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $<
 
-$(GIT_SUBTREE_HTML): $(GIT_SUBTREE_TXT)
+$(GIT_SUBTREE_HTML): $(GIT_SUBTREE_TXT) $(ASCIIDOC_DEPS)
 	$(ASCIIDOC) -b $(ASCIIDOC_HTML) -d manpage $(ASCIIDOC_CONF) \
-		-agit_version=$(GIT_VERSION) $(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $^
+		$(ASCIIDOC_EXTRA) $<
 
 $(GIT_SUBTREE_TEST): $(GIT_SUBTREE)
 	cp $< $@
@@ -98,6 +99,12 @@ test: $(GIT_SUBTREE_TEST)
 
 clean:
 	$(RM) $(GIT_SUBTREE)
+	$(RM) asciidoc.conf asciidoctor-extensions.rb
 	$(RM) *.xml *.html *.1
 
+asciidoc.conf: ../../Documentation/asciidoc.conf.in ../../GIT-VERSION-FILE
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(call version_gen,"$(shell pwd)/../..",$<,$@)
+asciidoctor-extensions.rb: ../../Documentation/asciidoctor-extensions.rb.in ../../GIT-VERSION-FILE
+	$(QUIET_GEN)$(call version_gen,"$(shell pwd)/../..",$<,$@)
+
 .PHONY: FORCE
diff --git a/contrib/subtree/meson.build b/contrib/subtree/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a752a188df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/contrib/subtree/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+git_subtree = custom_target(
+  input: 'git-subtree.sh',
+  output: 'git-subtree',
+  command: [
+    shell,
+    meson.project_source_root() / 'generate-script.sh',
+    '@INPUT@',
+    '@OUTPUT@',
+    meson.project_build_root() / 'GIT-BUILD-OPTIONS',
+  ],
+  install: true,
+  install_dir: get_option('libexecdir') / 'git-core',
+)
+
+subtree_test_environment = test_environment
+subtree_test_environment.prepend('PATH', meson.current_build_dir())
+
+test('t7900-subtree', shell,
+  args: [ 't7900-subtree.sh' ],
+  env: subtree_test_environment,
+  workdir: meson.current_source_dir() / 't',
+  depends: test_dependencies + bin_wrappers + [ git_subtree ],
+  timeout: 0,
+)
+
+if get_option('docs').contains('man')
+  subtree_xml = custom_target(
+    command: asciidoc_common_options + [
+      '--backend=' + asciidoc_docbook,
+      '--doctype=manpage',
+      '--out-file=@OUTPUT@',
+      '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+    depends: documentation_deps,
+    input: 'git-subtree.txt',
+    output: 'git-subtree.xml',
+  )
+
+  custom_target(
+    command: [
+      xmlto,
+      '-m', '@INPUT@',
+      'man',
+      subtree_xml,
+      '-o',
+      meson.current_build_dir(),
+    ] + xmlto_extra,
+    input: [
+      '../../Documentation/manpage-normal.xsl',
+    ],
+    output: 'git-subtree.1',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: get_option('mandir') / 'man1',
+  )
+endif
+
+if get_option('docs').contains('html')
+  custom_target(
+    command: asciidoc_common_options + [
+      '--backend=' + asciidoc_html,
+      '--doctype=manpage',
+      '--out-file=@OUTPUT@',
+      '@INPUT@',
+    ],
+    depends: documentation_deps,
+    input: 'git-subtree.txt',
+    output: 'git-subtree.html',
+    install: true,
+    install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'doc/git-doc',
+  )
+endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 623caf7d5e..5b2fe99a0e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1879,7 +1879,6 @@ endforeach
 if intl.found()
   subdir('po')
 endif
-subdir('contrib')
 
 # Gitweb requires Perl, so we disable the auto-feature if Perl was not found.
 # We make sure further up that Perl is required in case the gitweb option is
@@ -1906,6 +1905,8 @@ if get_option('docs') != []
   subdir('Documentation')
 endif
 
+subdir('contrib')
+
 foreach key, value : {
   'DIFF': diff.full_path(),
   'GIT_TEST_CMP': diff.full_path() + ' -u',
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 89b01bad04..c0d72d85a3 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ option('version', type: 'string', value: '',
   description: 'Version string reported by git-version(1) and other tools.')
 
 # Features supported by Git.
+option('contrib', type: 'array', value: [ 'completion' ], choices: [ 'completion', 'subtree' ],
+  description: 'Contributed features to include.')
 option('curl', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled',
   description: 'Build helpers used to access remotes with the HTTP transport.')
 option('expat', type: 'feature', value: 'enabled',