diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index d5128defb43..2a92d14dfe7 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-
 option('probe', type: 'string', description: 'target probe', value: 'native')
+option('targets', type : 'array', value : ['cortexm', 'nrf', 'sam', 'stm', 'lpc', 'nxp', 'efm', 'ti', 'rp'], description: 'enabled debug targets')
diff --git a/src/platform/meson.build b/src/platform/meson.build
index d0baa2e0f6c..903cff376da 100644
--- a/src/platform/meson.build
+++ b/src/platform/meson.build
@@ -13,4 +13,6 @@ platform_args = []
 platform_link_args = []
 platform_deps = []
 
+summary({'active': platform}, section: 'Platform')
+
 subdir(platform)
diff --git a/src/platform/stm32/meson.build b/src/platform/stm32/meson.build
index e4a0a46db55..0cbd3a0a218 100644
--- a/src/platform/stm32/meson.build
+++ b/src/platform/stm32/meson.build
@@ -77,3 +77,5 @@ platform_includes += include_directories('../../../libopencm3/include')
 platform_link_args += ['-L@0@'.format(join_paths(meson.project_source_root(), 'libopencm3/lib'))]
 
 platform_deps += [libopencm3_dep]
+
+summary({'family': mcu_family}, section: 'Platform')
diff --git a/src/probe/meson.build b/src/probe/meson.build
index 24637b1fc87..69fad45daf9 100644
--- a/src/probe/meson.build
+++ b/src/probe/meson.build
@@ -10,8 +10,7 @@ probe_list = run_command(
 	capture: true, check: false).stdout().split(',')
 
 if probe not in probe_list
-    message('Available target probes:', probe_list)
-    error(f'The target probe @probe@ is not a valid probe')
+    error('The target probe "@0@" is not a valid probe: "@1@"'.format(probe, ', '.join(probe_list)))
 endif
 
 probe_includes = []
@@ -21,6 +20,8 @@ probe_link_args = []
 probe_dfu_link_args = []
 probe_deps = []
 
+summary({'active': probe}, section: 'Probe')
+
 subdir(probe)
 
 # probe_dfu_available = false
diff --git a/src/probe/native/meson.build b/src/probe/native/meson.build
index e431b523388..8c5afe1c36f 100644
--- a/src/probe/native/meson.build
+++ b/src/probe/native/meson.build
@@ -15,14 +15,13 @@ probe_args += [
 	'-DBLACKMAGIC',
 ]
 
-probe_common_link_args = [
-]
-
 probe_link_args += [
 	'-T@0@'.format('blackmagic.ld'),
 	'-Wl,-Ttext=0x8002000',
 ]
 
+summary({'demo': 'just a demo info for probes'}, section: 'Probe')
+
 # probe_dfu_sources += files(
 # 	probe_common_sources,
 # 	'usbdfu.c',
diff --git a/src/target/meson.build b/src/target/meson.build
index 826f73f6577..367a4345cb4 100644
--- a/src/target/meson.build
+++ b/src/target/meson.build
@@ -1,42 +1,85 @@
 
+targets = get_option('targets')
+
 target_includes = include_directories(
 	'.',
 )
 
 target_sources = files(
 	'target.c',
-	# !TODO: selective include
-	'nrf51.c',
-	'adiv5_swdp.c',
-	'samx5x.c',
-	'lpc15xx.c',
-	'lpc_common.c',
-	'stm32f1.c',
-	'ch32f1.c',
-	'cortexm.c',
-	'rp.c',
-	'efm32.c',
 	'adiv5.c',
-	'msp432.c',
-	'nxpke04.c',
-	'cortexa.c',
-	'lmi.c',
-	'stm32g0.c',
-	'lpc43xx.c',
-	'jtag_scan.c',
-	'lpc546xx.c',
-	'kinetis.c',
-	'stm32l4.c',
-	'sam3x.c',
-	'samd.c',
-	'sam4l.c',
+	'adiv5_swdp.c',
 	'adiv5_jtagdp.c',
-	'swdptap_generic.c',
-	'jtagtap_generic.c',
-	'stm32l0.c',
-	'stm32f4.c',
-	'lpc17xx.c',
-	'lpc11xx.c',
+	'jtag_scan.c',
 	'jtag_devs.c',
-	'stm32h7.c',
+	'target_probes.c',
+	# 'swdptap_generic.c',
+	# 'jtagtap_generic.c',
 )
+
+# targets specific files dictionary
+target_dicts = {
+	'cortexa':
+		{'files': ['cortexa.c']},
+	'cortexm':
+		{'files': ['cortexm.c']},
+	'efm':
+		{'files': ['efm32.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'lpc':
+		{'files': ['lpc_common.c', 'lpc15xx.c', 'lpc43xx.c', 'lpc546xx.c', 'lpc17xx.c', 'lpc11xx.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'nrf':
+		{'files': ['nrf51.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'nxp':
+		{'files': ['nxpke04.c', 'kinetis.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'rp':
+		{'files': ['rp.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'sam':
+		{'files': ['samx5x.c', 'sam3x.c', 'samd.c', 'sam4l.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'stm':
+		{'files': ['stm32f1.c', 'ch32f1.c', 'stm32g0.c', 'stm32l4.c', 'stm32l0.c', 'stm32f4.c', 'stm32h7.c',],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+	'ti':
+		{'files': ['lmi.c', 'msp432.c'],
+		 'depends': ['cortexm']},
+}
+
+# loop through selected targets and add respective sources, check for dependencies if present
+foreach target: targets
+	# check for valid target
+	if target not in target_dicts.keys()
+   		error('The target "@0@" is not a valid target: "@1@"'.format(target, ', '.join(target_dicts.keys())))
+	endif
+
+	# get 'sub' dictionary
+	target_dict = target_dicts[target]
+
+	# check for dependencies
+	if target_dict.has_key('depends')
+		foreach depend: target_dict['depends']
+			if depend not in targets
+				# it's funky to add to a list we're iterating over, but it works
+				targets += depend
+				message('The target "@0@" depends on "@1@", but this target is not enabled, enabling'.format(target, depend))
+			endif
+		endforeach
+	endif
+
+	# add target sources
+	target_sources += files(target_dict['files'])
+endforeach
+
+# check for disabled targets and add to list for user feedback
+disabled_targets = []
+foreach target: target_dicts.keys()
+	if target not in targets
+		disabled_targets += target
+	endif
+endforeach
+
+summary({'enabled': targets, 'disabled': disabled_targets}, section: 'Targets')