diff --git a/apps/nc/Makefile.am b/apps/nc/Makefile.am
index 564080c..34c5cd3 100644
--- a/apps/nc/Makefile.am
+++ b/apps/nc/Makefile.am
@@ -2,7 +2,11 @@ include $(top_srcdir)/Makefile.am.common
 
 if BUILD_NC
 
+if ENABLE_NC
+bin_PROGRAMS = nc
+else
 noinst_PROGRAMS = nc
+endif
 
 EXTRA_DIST = nc.1
 
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index f15e746..6c60d15 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ AM_CONDITIONAL([HOST_ASM_ELF_X86_64],
 AM_CONDITIONAL([HOST_ASM_MACOSX_X86_64],
     [test "x$HOST_ABI" = "xmacosx" -a "$host_cpu" = "x86_64" -a "x$enable_asm" != "xno"])
 
+AC_ARG_ENABLE([nc],
+	AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-nc], [Enable installing TLS-enabled nc(1)]))
+AM_CONDITIONAL([ENABLE_NC], [test "x$enable_nc" = xyes])
+
 # Check if time_t is sized correctly
 AC_CHECK_SIZEOF([time_t], [time.h])