diff --git a/ext/soup/meson.build b/ext/soup/meson.build
index 93d46bc58b..d39bd5876d 100644
--- a/ext/soup/meson.build
+++ b/ext/soup/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ soup_args = [
   '-DSOUP_VERSION_MAX_ALLOWED=SOUP_DEPRECATED_IN_2_48',
 ]
 
-libsoup_dep = dependency('libsoup-2.4', version : '>=2.48', required : get_option('soup'))
+libsoup_dep = dependency('libsoup-2.4', version : '>=2.48', required : get_option('soup'),
+  fallback : ['libsoup', 'libsoup_dep'])
 
 if libsoup_dep.found()
   gstsouphttpsrc = library('gstsoup',