diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1dd4e593d..077fd0f83 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ appstream_glib = dependency('appstream-glib', version : '>= 0.5.10')
 gusb = dependency('gusb', version : '>= 0.2.9')
 sqlite = dependency('sqlite3')
 libarchive = dependency('libarchive')
-valgrind = dependency('valgrind', required: false)
+valgrind = dependency('valgrindXXX', required: false)
 soup = dependency('libsoup-2.4', version : '>= 2.51.92')
 gpgme = cc.find_library('gpgme')
 gpgerror = cc.find_library('libgpg-error')