diff --git a/ext/wayland/meson.build b/ext/wayland/meson.build
index 269905465d..75800b287b 100644
--- a/ext/wayland/meson.build
+++ b/ext/wayland/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ wl_sources = [
     'wllinuxdmabuf.c'
 ]
 
+libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', version: '>= 2.4.55', required:get_option('wayland'))
+
 if use_wayland
     protocols_datadir = wl_protocol_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')