diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2609d6a..865b888 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ libfadec = static_library('fadec', 'decode.c', 'encode.c', 'format.c', instr_dat
 fadec = declare_dependency(link_with: libfadec,
                            include_directories: include_directories('.'),
                            sources: instr_data)
+if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.54.0')
+  meson.override_dependency('fadec', fadec)
+endif
 
 test('decode', executable('decode-test', 'decode-test.c', dependencies: fadec))
 test('encode', executable('encode-test', 'encode-test.c', dependencies: fadec))