diff --git a/sys/kms/meson.build b/sys/kms/meson.build
index b1cdb60f1b..fa5bb6b395 100644
--- a/sys/kms/meson.build
+++ b/sys/kms/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ kmssink_sources = [
   'gstkmsutils.c',
 ]
 
-libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', version : '>= 2.4.55', required : get_option('kms'))
+libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', version : '>= 2.4.55',
+                        required : get_option('kms'),
+                        fallback: ['libdrm', 'ext_libdrm'])
 if libdrm_dep.found()
   gstkmssink = library('gstkms',
     kmssink_sources,