diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 211d855..127fa2c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,11 @@
 )
 
 build_tests = get_option('tests')
-gpiodcxx = dependency('libgpiodcxx')
+gpiodcxx = dependency(
+    'libgpiodcxx',
+    fallback: ['libgpiod', 'gpiodcxx_dep'],
+    default_options: ['bindings=cxx'],
+)
 
 # i2c-tools doesn't ship a pkg-config file for libi2c
 i2c = meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('i2c')