diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/gl/meson.build b/gst-libs/gst/gl/meson.build
index 5ed78b300f..2c70492e0c 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/gl/meson.build
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/gl/meson.build
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ foreach option : glconf_options
   glconf.set10(option, false)
 endforeach
 
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0',
+  fallback: ['glib', 'libgmodule_dep'])
 unneeded_dep = dependency('', required : false)
 if unneeded_dep.found()
   error ('Found unfindable dependency')