diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2a523826846dc2512955410152251fddaa60ae7e..29307b2cc27fc3a3f6ff9c62d559d725c401338f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project ('libcloudproviders', 'c',
   version: '0.3.1',
-  meson_version: '>=0.47.0',
+  meson_version: '>=0.54.0',
   license: 'LGPL3+',
   default_options: [
     'c_std=gnu99',
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index aca19299663c812e3a4065007688ec153d4a0114..74476a4ec189f554377395e1c7f45f6b60b73e3e 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ libcloudproviders_dep = declare_dependency (
   dependencies: libcloudproviders_deps,
   include_directories: include_directories('.')
 )
+meson.override_dependency('libcloudproviders', libcloudproviders_dep)
 
 if get_option('introspection')
   libcloudproviders_gir = gnome.generate_gir(