diff --git a/mesonpy/__init__.py b/mesonpy/__init__.py
index fa258b3f6..09a844958 100644
--- a/mesonpy/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonpy/__init__.py
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ def build_editable(self, directory: Path, verbose: bool = False) -> pathlib.Path
         return wheel_file
 
 
-MesonArgsKeys = Literal['dist', 'setup', 'compile', 'install']
+MesonArgsKeys = Literal['dist', 'setup', 'compile', 'install', 'install-tags']
 MesonArgs = Mapping[MesonArgsKeys, List[str]]
 
 
@@ -876,8 +876,12 @@ def build_commands(self, install_dir: Optional[pathlib.Path] = None) -> Sequence
     @functools.lru_cache(maxsize=None)
     def build(self) -> None:
         """Trigger the Meson build."""
-        for cmd in self.build_commands():
-            self._meson(*cmd[1:])
+        self._meson('compile', *self._meson_args['compile'],)
+        if self._meson_args['install-tags']:
+            install_tags = '--tags=' + ','.join(self._meson_args['install-tags'])
+            self._meson('install', '--destdir', os.fspath(self._install_dir), install_tags, *self._meson_args['install'],)
+        else:
+            self._meson('install', '--destdir', os.fspath(self._install_dir), *self._meson_args['install'],)
 
     @classmethod
     @contextlib.contextmanager
@@ -903,6 +907,12 @@ def _info(self, name: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
     @property
     def _install_plan(self) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, Dict[str, str]]]:
+        install_plan = self._info('intro-install_plan').copy()
+
+        for files in install_plan.values():
+            for file, details in list(files.items()):
+                if details['tag'] not in self._meson_args['install-tags']:
+                    del files[file]
         """Meson install_plan metadata."""
         return self._info('intro-install_plan').copy()