diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cc13180ba..021c31310 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -203,6 +203,18 @@ endif
 lzo_dep = dependency('lzo2', required: get_option('lzo'))
 if lzo_dep.found()
   conf.set('HAVE_LZO', 1)
+  # LZO <= 2.10 expects its headers to be included as <lzo/something.h>, but
+  # its pkg-config file specifies -I${includedir}/lzo, so the compiler won't
+  # find the headers if LZO is installed outside the default include paths.
+  # Add the correct include path.
+  lzo_includedir = lzo_dep.get_variable('includedir', default_value: '')
+  if lzo_includedir != ''
+    # LZO is not being built as a sibling Meson subproject
+    lzo_dep = declare_dependency(
+      compile_args: '-I' + lzo_includedir,
+      dependencies: lzo_dep,
+    )
+  endif
 endif
 
 dl_dep = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)