diff --git a/tools/meson.build b/tools/meson.build
index bf5d574..40c6bc5 100644
--- a/tools/meson.build
+++ b/tools/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
-sdbusplusplus_prog = find_program('sdbus++')
-sdbusgen_prog = find_program('sdbus++-gendir')
-sdbuspp_gen_meson_prog = find_program('sdbus++-gen-meson')
+sdbusplusplus_prog = find_program('.sdbus++')
+meson.override_find_program('sdbus++', sdbusplusplus_prog)
+
+sdbusgen_prog = find_program('.sdbus++-gendir')
+meson.override_find_program('sdbus++-gendir', sdbusgen_prog)
+
+sdbuspp_gen_meson_prog = find_program('.sdbus++-gen-meson')
+meson.override_find_program('sdbus++-gen-meson', sdbuspp_gen_meson_prog)