diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 637aa97..8772728 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -83,11 +83,7 @@
 if cmplr.has_header('valijson/validator.hpp')
     valijson_dep = declare_dependency()
 else
-    subproject('valijson', required: false)
-    valijson_dep = declare_dependency(
-        include_directories: 'subprojects/valijson/include'
-    )
-    valijson_dep = valijson_dep.as_system('system')
+    valijson_dep = dependency('valijson', include_type: 'system')
 endif
 
 #-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/subprojects/packagefiles/valijson/meson.build b/subprojects/packagefiles/valijson/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9052f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/packagefiles/valijson/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project('valijson', 'cpp')
+
+valijson_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories: 'include')
diff --git a/subprojects/valijson.wrap b/subprojects/valijson.wrap
index 577dd51..3647bce 100644
--- a/subprojects/valijson.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/valijson.wrap
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
 [wrap-git]
-revision = 9183462118f58a3ca4be82b8f656f18707229737
 url = https://github.com/tristanpenman/valijson.git
+revision = HEAD
+patch_directory = valijson
+
+[provide]
+valijson = valijson_dep