diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 842d5f5b5..c51ec24ec 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -510,9 +510,8 @@ if avahi_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_AVAHI', 1)
 endif
 
-bluez_dep = dependency('bluez', version : '>= 5.0', required : get_option('bluez5'))
 sbc_dep = dependency('sbc', version : '>= 1.0', required : false)
-if bluez_dep.found()
+if get_option('bluez5')
   assert(dbus_dep.found(), 'BlueZ requires D-Bus support')
   assert(sbc_dep.found(), 'BlueZ requires SBC support')
   cdata.set('HAVE_SBC', 1)
@@ -695,7 +694,7 @@ summary = [
   'Enable Async DNS:              @0@'.format(asyncns_dep.found()),
   'Enable LIRC:                   @0@'.format(lirc_dep.found()),
   'Enable D-Bus:                  @0@'.format(dbus_dep.found()),
-  '  Enable BlueZ 5:              @0@'.format(bluez_dep.found()),
+  '  Enable BlueZ 5:              @0@'.format(get_option('bluez5')),
   '    Enable native headsets:    @0@'.format(get_option('bluez5-native-headset')),
   '    Enable  ofono headsets:    @0@'.format(get_option('bluez5-ofono-headset')),
   'Enable udev:                   @0@'.format(udev_dep.found()),
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index e54caf5cf..09873ddd2 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ option('avahi',
        type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
        description : 'Optional Avahi support')
 option('bluez5',
-       type : 'feature', value : 'auto',
+       type : 'boolean', value : 'true',
        description : 'Optional BlueZ 5 support')
 option('bluez5-native-headset',
        type : 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/modules/meson.build b/src/modules/meson.build
index 5be90f2d6..8562bdfa9 100644
--- a/src/modules/meson.build
+++ b/src/modules/meson.build
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ if avahi_dep.found()
   ]
 endif
 
-if bluez_dep.found()
+if get_option('bluez5')
   subdir('bluetooth')
   all_modules += [
     [ 'module-bluetooth-discover', 'bluetooth/module-bluetooth-discover.c' ],