diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 452190fc25..c9ca05158e 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -131,6 +131,12 @@ Since *1.20.0* `gst_init_static_plugins()` is called automatically by
 `gst_init()` and applications must not call it manually any more. The header
 file has been removed from public API.
 
+One can use the `gst-full-version-script` option to pass a
+[version script](https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/LD-Version-Scripts.html)
+to the linker. This can be used to control the exact symbols that are exported by
+the gstreamer-full library, allowing the linker to garbage collect unused code
+and so reduce the total library size.
+
 This is an experimental feature, backward uncompatible changes could still be
 made in the future.
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 89041f7b6e..99ce97282d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -297,6 +297,18 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
       requires = ['glib-2.0', 'gobject-2.0']
   endif
 
+  link_deps = []
+  if get_option('gst-full-version-script') != ''
+    symbol_map = meson.current_source_dir() / get_option('gst-full-version-script')
+    link_arg = '-Wl,--version-script=' + symbol_map
+    if cc.has_link_argument(link_arg)
+      gstfull_link_args += link_arg
+    else
+      error('Failed to link with version script (' + symbol_map + '), check logs for details')
+    endif
+    link_deps += symbol_map
+  endif
+
   # Build both shared and static library
   gstfull = both_libraries('gstreamer-full-1.0',
     init_static_plugins_c,
@@ -304,6 +316,7 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
     link_args: gstfull_link_args,
     link_whole : exposed_libs,
     dependencies : gst_dep,
+    link_depends : link_deps,
     install : true,
   )
   pkgconfig.generate(gstfull,
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index c285a3cff9..a3b73a1538 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -21,6 +21,8 @@ option('qt5', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Qt5 Support')
 option('custom_subprojects', type : 'string', value : '', description : 'Comma-separated project names')
 option('gst-full-libraries', type : 'array', value : [],
   description : '''List of libraries to expose in gstreamer-full's ABI. gstreamer, glib and gobject are always included.''')
+option('gst-full-version-script', type : 'string', value: '',
+  description : 'path of the version script to be used by the linker, see https://www.gnu.org/software/gnulib/manual/html_node/LD-Version-Scripts.html')
 
 # Common options, automatically inherited by subprojects
 option('tests', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Build tests')