diff --git a/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build b/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build
index 158f789def..aa7ce399a5 100644
--- a/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build
+++ b/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build
@@ -10,29 +10,13 @@ if get_option('ipcpipeline').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
-have_socket_h = cc.has_header('sys/socket.h')
-if not have_socket_h and get_option('ipcpipeline').enabled()
-  error('ipcpipeline plugin enabled but socket.h not found')
-endif
-have_pipe = cc.has_function('pipe')
-if not have_pipe and get_option('ipcpipeline').enabled()
-  error('ipcpipeline plugin enabled but pipe() not found')
-endif
-have_socketpair = cc.has_function('socketpair')
-if not have_socketpair and get_option('ipcpipeline').enabled()
-  error('ipcpipeline plugin enabled but socketpair() not found')
-endif
-
-build_ipcpipeline = have_socket_h and have_pipe and have_socketpair
-if build_ipcpipeline
-  gstipcpipeline = library('gstipcpipeline',
-    ipcpipeline_sources,
-    c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
-    include_directories : [configinc],
-    dependencies : [gstbase_dep],
-    install : true,
-    install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
-  )
-  pkgconfig.generate(gstipcpipeline, install_dir : plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir)
-  plugins += [gstipcpipeline]
-endif
+gstipcpipeline = library('gstipcpipeline',
+  ipcpipeline_sources,
+  c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
+  include_directories : [configinc],
+  dependencies : [gstbase_dep],
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+)
+pkgconfig.generate(gstipcpipeline, install_dir : plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir)
+plugins += [gstipcpipeline]
diff --git a/tests/examples/ipcpipeline/meson.build b/tests/examples/ipcpipeline/meson.build
index 03ca196942..73583e6361 100644
--- a/tests/examples/ipcpipeline/meson.build
+++ b/tests/examples/ipcpipeline/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,15 @@
-if get_option('ipcpipeline').disabled() or not build_ipcpipeline
+if get_option('ipcpipeline').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+build_ipcpipeline_example = cc.has_header('sys/socket.h')
+foreach f : ['kill', 'socketpair', 'fcntl', 'fork']
+  if build_ipcpipeline_example
+    build_ipcpipeline_example = cc.has_function(f)
+  endif
+endforeach
+
+if not build_ipcpipeline_example
   subdir_done()
 endif