diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a57c18995c765c76a60266ecb962f293d917ba3b..13c066d4ba6db3682bb4d2369b0311ce5ebb305d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ matrix_client_dep = declare_dependency(
   dependencies: deps,
   include_directories: inc)
 
+meson.override_dependency('mtxclient', matrix_client_dep)
+
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg.generate(matrix_client,
   libraries : [matrix_client],