diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5b9576d4..ab9c4e74 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
 libdl = cc.find_library('dl', required : false)
 libx11 = dependency('x11', required : false)
 lua_dep = dependency('lua5.2', required : false)
+pcre2_dep = dependency('libpcre2', required : false)
 
 if not lua_dep.found()
     lua_subproject = subproject('lua', default_options: ['shared=false', 'use_readline=false', 'app=false'])