diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d9e3eff7..41017f90 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -401,6 +401,10 @@ dep_libinput = declare_dependency(
 		link_with : lib_libinput,
 		dependencies : deps_libinput)
 
+if meson.version().version_compare('>= 0.54.0')
+	meson.override_dependency('libinput', dep_libinput)
+endif
+
 pkgconfig.generate(
 	filebase : 'libinput',
 	name : 'Libinput',