diff --git a/config.h.meson b/config.h.meson
index ce1c9a6..6f556de 100644
--- a/config.h.meson
+++ b/config.h.meson
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@
 #mesondefine HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY
 #mesondefine HAVE_EVENTFD_H
 #mesondefine HAVE_DLFCN_H
+#mesondefine VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6e253e5..373095f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -147,6 +147,11 @@ if with_glx
    endif
 endif
 
+with_unstable_apis = get_option('unstable_apis')
+if with_unstable_apis
+   conf_data.set('VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS', 1)
+endif
+
 if cc.compiles('void __attribute__((hidden)) func() {}')
    conf_data.set('HAVE_FUNC_ATTRIBUTE_VISIBILITY', 1)
 endif
@@ -198,6 +203,7 @@ lines += 'minigbm_alloc: ' + (with_minigbm_allocation ? 'yes' : 'no' )
 lines += ''
 lines += 'tests:     ' + (with_tests ? 'yes' : 'no' )
 lines += 'fuzzer:    ' + (with_fuzzer ? 'yes' : 'no' )
+lines += 'unstable apis: ' + (with_unstable_apis ? 'yes' : 'no' )
 
 indent = '   '
 summary = indent + ('\n' + indent).join(lines)
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 9d7e5b5..96e6196 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -58,3 +58,10 @@ option(
   value : 'false',
   description : 'enable running unit tests with valgrind'
 )
+
+option(
+  'unstable_apis',
+  type : 'boolean',
+  value : 'false',
+  description : 'enable unstable apis'
+)
diff --git a/src/virglrenderer.c b/src/virglrenderer.c
index 5223d16..1260a23 100644
--- a/src/virglrenderer.c
+++ b/src/virglrenderer.c
@@ -538,8 +538,10 @@ int virgl_renderer_init(void *cookie, int flags, struct virgl_renderer_callbacks
 
    if (flags & VIRGL_RENDERER_THREAD_SYNC)
       renderer_flags |= VREND_USE_THREAD_SYNC;
+#ifdef VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS
    if (flags & VIRGL_RENDERER_USE_EXTERNAL_BLOB)
       renderer_flags |= VREND_USE_EXTERNAL_BLOB;
+#endif /* VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS */
 
    return vrend_renderer_init(&virgl_cbs, renderer_flags);
 }
@@ -636,8 +638,11 @@ int virgl_renderer_execute(void *execute_args, uint32_t execute_size)
    }
 }
 
+#ifdef VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS
+
 int virgl_renderer_resource_create_blob(const struct virgl_renderer_resource_create_blob_args *args)
 {
+
    int ret;
    uint32_t blob_mem = args->blob_mem;
    uint64_t blob_id = args->blob_id;
@@ -705,3 +710,5 @@ int virgl_renderer_resource_get_map_info(uint32_t res_handle, uint32_t *map_info
 
    return vrend_renderer_resource_get_map_info(res->pipe_resource, map_info);
 }
+
+#endif /* VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS */
diff --git a/src/virglrenderer.h b/src/virglrenderer.h
index 0061025..f8f99fb 100644
--- a/src/virglrenderer.h
+++ b/src/virglrenderer.h
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ struct virgl_renderer_callbacks {
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_USE_GLX (1 << 2)
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_USE_SURFACELESS (1 << 3)
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_USE_GLES (1 << 4)
+
+#ifdef VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS
 /*
  * Blob resources used with the 3D driver must be able to be represented as file descriptors.
  * The typical use case is the virtual machine manager (or vtest) is running in a multiprocess
@@ -80,6 +82,8 @@ struct virgl_renderer_callbacks {
  */
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_USE_EXTERNAL_BLOB (1 << 5)
 
+#endif /* VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS */
+
 VIRGL_EXPORT int virgl_renderer_init(void *cookie, int flags, struct virgl_renderer_callbacks *cb);
 VIRGL_EXPORT void virgl_renderer_poll(void); /* force fences */
 
@@ -246,6 +250,12 @@ VIRGL_EXPORT int virgl_renderer_get_poll_fd(void);
 
 VIRGL_EXPORT int virgl_renderer_execute(void *execute_args, uint32_t execute_size);
 
+/*
+ * These are unstable APIs for development only. Use these for development/testing purposes
+ * only, not in production
+ */
+#ifdef VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS
+
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_BLOB_MEM_GUEST             0x0001
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_BLOB_MEM_HOST3D            0x0002
 #define VIRGL_RENDERER_BLOB_MEM_HOST3D_GUEST      0x0003
@@ -281,4 +291,6 @@ VIRGL_EXPORT int virgl_renderer_resource_unmap(uint32_t res_handle);
 
 VIRGL_EXPORT int virgl_renderer_resource_get_map_info(uint32_t res_handle, uint32_t *map_info);
 
+#endif /* VIRGL_RENDERER_UNSTABLE_APIS */
+
 #endif