diff --git a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pch/me.c b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pch/me.c
index 147eb29a2f..5756bdb00d 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pch/me.c
+++ b/src/soc/intel/broadwell/pch/me.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <delay.h>
 #include <elog.h>
+#include <option.h>
 #include <soc/me.h>
 #include <soc/lpc.h>
 #include <soc/pch.h>
@@ -600,7 +601,7 @@ static void intel_me_finalize(struct device *dev)
 	if (!mei_base_address || mei_base_address == (u8 *)0xfffffff0)
 		return;
 
-	if (!CONFIG(DISABLE_ME_PCI))
+	if (!get_uint_option("me_disable", CONFIG(DISABLE_ME_PCI)))
 		return;
 
 	/* Make sure IO is disabled */
@@ -1025,7 +1026,7 @@ static void intel_me_init(struct device *dev)
 static void intel_me_enable(struct device *dev)
 {
 	/* Avoid talking to the device in S3 path */
-	if (acpi_is_wakeup_s3() && CONFIG(DISABLE_ME_PCI)) {
+	if (acpi_is_wakeup_s3() && get_uint_option("me_disable", CONFIG(DISABLE_ME_PCI))) {
 		dev->enabled = 0;
 		pch_disable_devfn(dev);
 	}