diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index b9abf817..7f2c639e 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -439,12 +439,11 @@ endif()
 
 if(LIBXML2_WITH_PROGRAMS)
     add_executable(xmllint xmllint.c shell.c)
-    add_executable(xmlcatalog xmlcatalog.c)
-    set(
-        PROGRAMS
-        xmlcatalog
-        xmllint
-    )
+    set(PROGRAMS xmllint)
+    if(LIBXML2_WITH_CATALOG AND LIBXML2_WITH_OUTPUT)
+        add_executable(xmlcatalog xmlcatalog.c)
+        list(APPEND PROGRAMS xmlcatalog)
+    endif()
     foreach(PROGRAM ${PROGRAMS})
         add_executable(LibXml2::${PROGRAM} ALIAS ${PROGRAM})
         target_link_libraries(${PROGRAM} LibXml2)
diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index 5caba33e..047a6d63 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ check_PROGRAMS = \
 	testparser \
 	testrecurse
 
-bin_PROGRAMS = xmllint xmlcatalog
+bin_PROGRAMS = xmllint
 
 bin_SCRIPTS = xml2-config
 
@@ -48,6 +48,15 @@ if WITH_C14N_SOURCES
 libxml2_la_SOURCES += c14n.c
 endif
 if WITH_CATALOG_SOURCES
+if WITH_OUTPUT_SOURCES
+bin_PROGRAMS += xmlcatalog
+
+xmlcatalog_SOURCES = xmlcatalog.c
+xmlcatalog_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(RDL_CFLAGS) $(ICONV_CFLAGS)
+xmlcatalog_DEPENDENCIES = $(DEPS)
+xmlcatalog_LDADD = $(RDL_LIBS) $(LDADDS)
+endif
+
 libxml2_la_SOURCES += catalog.c
 endif
 if WITH_DEBUG_SOURCES
@@ -138,11 +147,6 @@ xmllint_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(RDL_CFLAGS) $(ICONV_CFLAGS)
 xmllint_DEPENDENCIES = $(DEPS)
 xmllint_LDADD=  $(RDL_LIBS) $(LDADDS)
 
-xmlcatalog_SOURCES=xmlcatalog.c
-xmlcatalog_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS) $(RDL_CFLAGS) $(ICONV_CFLAGS)
-xmlcatalog_DEPENDENCIES = $(DEPS)
-xmlcatalog_LDADD = $(RDL_LIBS) $(LDADDS)
-
 testModule_SOURCES=testModule.c
 testModule_DEPENDENCIES = $(DEPS)
 testModule_LDADD= $(LDADDS)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 569bb436..c38f72ee 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -484,13 +484,15 @@ executable(
 
 ## xmlcatalog tool
 
-executable(
-    'xmlcatalog',
-    files('xmlcatalog.c'),
-    dependencies: [xml_dep, xmllint_deps],
-    include_directories: config_dir,
-    install: true,
-)
+if want_catalog and want_output
+    executable(
+        'xmlcatalog',
+        files('xmlcatalog.c'),
+        dependencies: [xml_dep, xmllint_deps],
+        include_directories: config_dir,
+        install: true,
+    )
+endif
 
 ## testdso module