diff --git a/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build b/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
index bb432068..a5706356 100644
--- a/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/backend-vnc/meson.build
@@ -3,12 +3,12 @@ if not get_option('backend-vnc')
 endif
 
 config_h.set('BUILD_VNC_COMPOSITOR', '1')
-dep_neatvnc = dependency('neatvnc', version: ['>= 0.6.0', '< 0.7.0'], required: false)
+dep_neatvnc = dependency('neatvnc', version: ['>= 0.6.0', '< 0.7.0'], required: false, fallback: ['neatvnc', 'neatvnc_dep'])
 if not dep_neatvnc.found()
 	error('VNC backend requires neatvnc which was not found. Or, you can use \'-Dbackend-vnc=false\'.')
 endif
 
-dep_aml = dependency('aml', version: ['>= 0.3.0', '< 0.4.0'], required: false)
+dep_aml = dependency('aml', version: ['>= 0.3.0', '< 0.4.0'], required: false, fallback: ['aml', 'aml_dep'])
 if not dep_aml.found()
 	error('VNC backend requires libaml which was not found. Or, you can use \'-Dbackend-vnc=false\'.')
 endif