diff --git a/backend/wayland/meson.build b/backend/wayland/meson.build
index 9235b7fe3..b606a9bb9 100644
--- a/backend/wayland/meson.build
+++ b/backend/wayland/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 wayland_client = dependency('wayland-client',
-	fallback: 'wayland',
-	default_options: wayland_project_options,
+	kwargs: wayland_kwargs,
 )
 wlr_deps += wayland_client
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index caee73a46..453969507 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -83,11 +83,16 @@ internal_features = {
 }
 internal_config = configuration_data()
 
-wayland_project_options = ['tests=false', 'documentation=false']
+wayland_kwargs = {
+	'version': '>=1.23',
+	'fallback': 'wayland',
+	'default_options': [
+		'tests=false',
+		'documentation=false',
+	],
+}
 wayland_server = dependency('wayland-server',
-	version: '>=1.23',
-	fallback: 'wayland',
-	default_options: wayland_project_options,
+	kwargs: wayland_kwargs,
 )
 
 drm = dependency('libdrm',
diff --git a/protocol/meson.build b/protocol/meson.build
index f4aafaf57..2889fb033 100644
--- a/protocol/meson.build
+++ b/protocol/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,10 @@ wayland_protos = dependency('wayland-protocols',
 )
 wl_protocol_dir = wayland_protos.get_variable('pkgdatadir')
 
-wayland_scanner_dep = dependency('wayland-scanner', native: true)
+wayland_scanner_dep = dependency('wayland-scanner',
+	kwargs: wayland_kwargs,
+	native: true,
+)
 wayland_scanner = find_program(
 	wayland_scanner_dep.get_variable('wayland_scanner'),
 	native: true,