diff --git a/gdk/gdkdmabuffourccprivate.h b/gdk/gdkdmabuffourccprivate.h
index c6492d77aa..900e163eba 100644
--- a/gdk/gdkdmabuffourccprivate.h
+++ b/gdk/gdkdmabuffourccprivate.h
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "config.h"
-#ifdef HAVE_DMABUF
+#ifdef HAVE_DRM_FOURCC_H
 #include <drm_fourcc.h>
 #endif
 
diff --git a/gdk/meson.build b/gdk/meson.build
index 75630976ad..9c0a36e19e 100644
--- a/gdk/meson.build
+++ b/gdk/meson.build
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ gdk_deps = [
   platform_gio_dep,
   pangocairo_dep,
   vulkan_dep,
-  dmabuf_dep,
+  libdrm_dep,
   png_dep,
   tiff_dep,
   jpeg_dep,
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fbb3d86692..1bc6a2f117 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -628,19 +628,17 @@ else
   vulkan_pkg_found = false
 endif
 
-if cc.has_header('linux/dma-buf.h')
-  dmabuf_dep = dependency('libdrm',
-    required: os_linux)
-else
-  if os_linux
-    error('OS is Linux, but linux/dma-buf.h not found.')
-  endif
-  dmabuf_dep = dependency('', required: false)
-endif
-cdata.set('HAVE_DMABUF', dmabuf_dep.found())
+libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', required: os_linux)
 # We only care about drm_fourcc.h for all the fourccs,
 # but not about linking to libdrm
-dmabuf_dep = dmabuf_dep.partial_dependency(includes: true, compile_args: true)
+libdrm_dep = libdrm_dep.partial_dependency(includes: true, compile_args: true)
+cdata.set('HAVE_DRM_FOURCC_H', libdrm_dep.found())
+
+has_linux_dma_buf_h = cc.has_header('linux/dma-buf.h')
+if os_linux and not has_linux_dma_buf_h
+  error('OS is Linux, but linux/dma-buf.h not found.')
+endif
+cdata.set('HAVE_DMABUF', has_linux_dma_buf_h)
 
 cloudproviders_dep = dependency('cloudproviders',
   required: get_option('cloudproviders'),
diff --git a/modules/media/meson.build b/modules/media/meson.build
index 9e4cd5f083..d18f582cb2 100644
--- a/modules/media/meson.build
+++ b/modules/media/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ if gstplayer_dep.found() and gstgl_dep.found()
   cdata.set('HAVE_GSTREAMER', 1)
   media_gst_deps = [ libm, libgtk_dep, gstplayer_dep, gstgl_dep ]
 
-  if dmabuf_dep.found() and gstdrm_dep.found()
+  if libdrm_dep.found() and gstdrm_dep.found()
     cdata.set('HAVE_GSTREAMER_DRM', 1)
     media_gst_deps += [ gstdrm_dep ]
   endif