diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6785908b2..e0378aabc 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -280,7 +280,6 @@ configure_file(input : 'include/config.h.in',
 # We expect these libs to supplied with the distribution
 openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', version: '>=1.0.0')
 curl_dep = dependency('libcurl', version: '>=7.35.0')
-libuv_dep = dependency('libuv', version: '>=1.8.0')
 
 if(legacy_meson)
   gmp_dep = find_library('gmp')
@@ -298,7 +297,7 @@ ed25519_dep = dependency('ed25519', version: '>=0.1.0', fallback: ['ed25519', 'e
 murmur3_dep = dependency('murmur3', version: '>=0.1.0', fallback: ['murmur3', 'murmur3_dep'])
 http_parser_dep = dependency('http-parser',  version: '0.1.0', fallback: ['http-parser-legacy', 'http_parser_dep'])
 softfloat3_dep = dependency('softfloat3', version: '>=3.0.0', fallback: ['softfloat3', 'softfloat3_dep'])
-
+libuv_dep = dependency('libuv', version: '>=1.8.0', fallback:['libuv', 'libuv_dep'])
 
 opt_flags = []
 if get_option('debug')