diff --git a/site_scons/components/__init__.py b/site_scons/components/__init__.py
index c0bf04b5599..044c5c2b6da 100644
--- a/site_scons/components/__init__.py
+++ b/site_scons/components/__init__.py
@@ -105,15 +105,8 @@ def ofi_config(config):
     return rc
 
 
-def define_mercury(reqs):
-    """Mercury definitions"""
-    libs = ['rt']
-
-    if reqs.get_env('PLATFORM') == 'darwin':
-        libs = []
-    else:
-        reqs.define('rt', libs=['rt'])
-
+def define_ofi(reqs):
+    """OFI definitions"""
     fabrics = (
         "cxi",
         "efa",
@@ -178,6 +171,9 @@ def define_mercury(reqs):
                 patch_rpath=['lib64'],
                 build_env={'CFLAGS': "-fstack-usage -fPIC"})
 
+
+def define_ucx(reqs):
+    """UCX definitions"""
     ucx_configure = ['./configure', '--disable-assertions', '--disable-params-check', '--enable-mt',
                      '--without-go', '--without-java', '--prefix=$UCX_PREFIX',
                      '--libdir=$UCX_PREFIX/lib64', '--enable-cma', '--without-cuda',
@@ -204,6 +200,31 @@ def define_mercury(reqs):
                 build_env={'CFLAGS': '-Wno-error'},
                 package='ucx-devel' if inst(reqs, 'ucx') else None)
 
+
+def define_mercury(reqs):
+    """Mercury definitions"""
+    libs = ['rt']
+
+    if reqs.get_env('PLATFORM') == 'darwin':
+        libs = []
+    else:
+        reqs.define('rt', libs=['rt'])
+
+    providers = reqs.get_env('PROVIDERS')
+    if 'all' in providers:
+        mercury_plugins = ['ofi', 'ucx']
+    else:
+        mercury_plugins = providers
+
+    if 'ofi' in mercury_plugins:
+        define_ofi(reqs)
+    if 'ucx' in mercury_plugins:
+        define_ucx(reqs)
+
+    def define_from_plugin(x, y):
+        """Return a define for a plugin"""
+        return f'-D{x}:BOOL=' + ('ON' if y in mercury_plugins else 'OFF')
+
     mercury_build = ['cmake',
                      '-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS:BOOL=ON',
                      '-DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS:STRING="-std=c++11"',
@@ -223,8 +244,8 @@ def define_mercury(reqs):
                      '-DMERCURY_ENABLE_DEBUG:BOOL=ON',
                      '-DNA_USE_DYNAMIC_PLUGINS:BOOL=ON',
                      '-DNA_USE_SM:BOOL=ON',
-                     '-DNA_USE_OFI:BOOL=ON',
-                     '-DNA_USE_UCX:BOOL=ON',
+                     define_from_plugin('NA_USE_OFI', 'ofi'),
+                     define_from_plugin('NA_USE_UCX', 'ucx'),
                      '../mercury']
 
     build_type = "RelWithDebInfo"
@@ -249,7 +270,7 @@ def define_mercury(reqs):
                           ['make', 'install']],
                 libs=['mercury'],
                 pkgconfig='mercury',
-                requires=['ofi', 'ucx'] + libs,
+                requires=mercury_plugins + libs,
                 out_of_src_build=True,
                 package='mercury-devel' if inst(reqs, 'mercury') else None,
                 build_env={'CFLAGS': '-fstack-usage'})
diff --git a/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py b/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
index df176f1f467..bb745403f3e 100644
--- a/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
+++ b/site_scons/prereq_tools/base.py
@@ -522,6 +522,8 @@ def __init__(self, env, opts):
         opts.Add(BoolVariable('CRT_PP', 'Preprocess CaRT sources', False))
         opts.Add(BoolVariable('HEAP_PROFILER', 'Instrument C code with Gperftools Heap Profiler',
                               False))
+        opts.Add(ListVariable('PROVIDERS', "List of providers to build", 'all',
+                              ['all', 'ofi', 'ucx']))
 
         opts.Update(self.__env)
 
@@ -595,8 +597,13 @@ def __init__(self, env, opts):
 
     def run_build(self, opts):
         """Build and dependencies"""
-        common_reqs = ['ofi', 'ucx', 'hwloc', 'mercury', 'uuid', 'crypto', 'protobufc',
+        common_reqs = ['hwloc', 'mercury', 'uuid', 'crypto', 'protobufc',
                        'lz4', 'isal', 'isal_crypto', 'argobots']
+        providers = self.__env.get('PROVIDERS')
+        if 'all' in providers:
+            common_reqs += ['ofi', 'ucx']
+        else:
+            common_reqs += providers
         client_reqs = ['fused', 'json-c', 'capstone', 'aio']
         server_reqs = ['pmdk', 'spdk']
         test_reqs = ['cmocka']