diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 875c47fcd43..75ee1a7c01c 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ LIBOMXIL_TIZONIA_REQUIRED=0.10.0
 LIBVA_REQUIRED=0.39.0
 VDPAU_REQUIRED=1.1
 WAYLAND_REQUIRED=1.11
-WAYLAND_EGL_REQUIRED=1.15
+WAYLAND_EGL_BACKEND_REQUIRED=3
 WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_REQUIRED=1.8
 XCB_REQUIRED=1.9.3
 XCBDRI2_REQUIRED=1.8
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@ for plat in $platforms; do
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([WAYLAND_SERVER], [wayland-server >= $WAYLAND_REQUIRED])
         PKG_CHECK_MODULES([WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS], [wayland-protocols >= $WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_REQUIRED])
         if test "x$enable_egl" = xyes; then
-          PKG_CHECK_MODULES([WAYLAND_EGL], [wayland-egl >= $WAYLAND_EGL_REQUIRED])
+          PKG_CHECK_MODULES([WAYLAND_EGL], [wayland-egl-backend >= $WAYLAND_EGL_BACKEND_REQUIRED])
         fi
         WAYLAND_PROTOCOLS_DATADIR=`$PKG_CONFIG --variable=pkgdatadir wayland-protocols`
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 636d0f913ac..160bbfa30ba 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1220,7 +1220,9 @@ if with_platform_wayland
   dep_wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client', version : '>=1.11')
   dep_wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server', version : '>=1.11')
   if with_egl
-    dep_wayland_egl = dependency('wayland-egl', version : '>=1.15')
+    dep_wayland_egl = dependency('wayland-egl-backend', version : '>= 3')
+    dep_wayland_egl_headers = declare_dependency(
+      compile_args : run_command(prog_pkgconfig, ['wayland-egl-backend', '--cflags']).stdout().split())
   endif
   wayland_dmabuf_xml = join_paths(
     dep_wl_protocols.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir'), 'unstable',
diff --git a/src/egl/meson.build b/src/egl/meson.build
index dc67b7b1536..8d888d35aff 100644
--- a/src/egl/meson.build
+++ b/src/egl/meson.build
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ if with_platform_surfaceless
   files_egl += files('drivers/dri2/platform_surfaceless.c')
 endif
 if with_platform_wayland
-  deps_for_egl += [dep_wayland_client, dep_wayland_server, dep_wayland_egl]
+  deps_for_egl += [dep_wayland_client, dep_wayland_server, dep_wayland_egl_headers]
   link_for_egl += libwayland_drm
   files_egl += files('drivers/dri2/platform_wayland.c')
   files_egl += [