diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b0f77511..5394f58a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -508,6 +508,10 @@ tomlplusplus_dep = declare_dependency(
 	version: meson.project_version(),
 )
 
+if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.54.0')
+	meson.override_dependency('tomlplusplus', tomlplusplus_dep)
+endif
+
 if not is_subproject
 	import('pkgconfig').generate(
 		name: meson.project_name(),