diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6bf4e21..fb71480 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ yambar = executable(
     plugin_dwl_enabled ? '-DPLUGIN_ENABLED_DWL' : [],
     plugin_mem_enabled ? '-DPLUGIN_ENABLED_MEM' : [],
     plugin_mpd_enabled ? '-DPLUGIN_ENABLED_MPD' : [],
+    plugin_i3_enabled ? '-DPLUGIN_ENABLED_I3' : [],
     plugin_pipewire_enabled ? '-DPLUGIN_ENABLED_PIPEWIRE' : [],
     plugin_pulse_enabled ? '-DPLUGIN_ENABLED_PULSE' : [],
   ],
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ summary(
     'DWL (dwm for Wayland)': plugin_dwl_enabled,
     'Memory monitoring': plugin_mem_enabled,
     'Music Player Daemon (MPD)': plugin_mpd_enabled,
+    'i3+Sway': plugin_i3_enabled,
     'Pipewire': plugin_pipewire_enabled,
     'PulseAudio': plugin_pulse_enabled,
   },
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 4c287ab..abe233a 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ option('plugin-mem', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: 'Memory monitoring support')
 option('plugin-mpd', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: 'Music Player Daemon (MPD) support')
+option('plugin-i3', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
+       description: 'i3+Sway support')
 option('plugin-pipewire', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
        description: 'Pipewire support')
 option('plugin-pulse', type: 'feature', value: 'auto',
diff --git a/modules/meson.build b/modules/meson.build
index c9d4aa3..91babbb 100644
--- a/modules/meson.build
+++ b/modules/meson.build
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ plugin_mem_enabled = get_option('plugin-mem').allowed()
 mpd = dependency('libmpdclient', required: get_option('plugin-mpd'))
 plugin_mpd_enabled = mpd.found()
 
+json_i3 = dependency('json-c', required: get_option('plugin-i3'))
+plugin_i3_enabled = json_i3.found()
+
 pipewire = dependency('libpipewire-0.3', required: get_option('plugin-pipewire'))
 plugin_pipewire_enabled = pipewire.found()
 
@@ -34,7 +37,6 @@ plugin_dwl_enabled = get_option('plugin-dwl').allowed()
 
 # Module name -> (source-list, dep-list)
 mod_data = {
-  'i3': [['i3-common.c', 'i3-common.h'], [dynlist, json]],
   'label': [[], []],
   'network': [[], []],
   'removables': [[], [dynlist, udev]],
@@ -77,6 +79,11 @@ endif
 if plugin_mpd_enabled
   mod_data += {'mpd': [[], [mpd]]}
 endif
+
+if plugin_i3_enabled
+  mod_data += {'i3': [['i3-common.c', 'i3-common.h'], [dynlist, json_i3]]}
+endif
+
 if plugin_pipewire_enabled
   mod_data += {'pipewire': [[], [pipewire, dynlist, json]]}
 endif
diff --git a/plugin.c b/plugin.c
index f61a334..eda9cf2 100644
--- a/plugin.c
+++ b/plugin.c
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ EXTERN_MODULE(disk_io);
 EXTERN_MODULE(dwl);
 #endif
 EXTERN_MODULE(foreign_toplevel);
-EXTERN_MODULE(i3);
 EXTERN_MODULE(label);
 #if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_MEM)
 EXTERN_MODULE(mem);
@@ -62,6 +61,9 @@ EXTERN_MODULE(mem);
 #if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_MPD)
 EXTERN_MODULE(mpd);
 #endif
+#if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_I3)
+EXTERN_MODULE(i3);
+#endif
 EXTERN_MODULE(network);
 #if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_PULSE)
 EXTERN_MODULE(pulse);
@@ -162,13 +164,15 @@ init(void)
 #if defined(HAVE_PLUGIN_foreign_toplevel)
     REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(foreign-toplevel, foreign_toplevel);
 #endif
-    REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(i3, i3);
     REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(label, label);
 #if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_MEM)
     REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(mem, mem);
 #endif
 #if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_MPD)
     REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(mpd, mpd);
+#endif
+#if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_I3)
+    REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(i3, i3);
 #endif
     REGISTER_CORE_MODULE(network, network);
 #if defined(PLUGIN_ENABLED_PULSE)