diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4c7a523..de72a90 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -47,19 +47,20 @@ eg25_datadir = join_paths(full_datadir, meson.project_name())
 add_global_arguments('-D@0@="@1@"'.format('EG25_CONFDIR', eg25_confdir), language : 'c')
 add_global_arguments('-D@0@="@1@"'.format('EG25_DATADIR', eg25_datadir), language : 'c')
 
+mmglib_dep = dependency('mm-glib', required : false)
+if mmglib_dep.found()
+  add_global_arguments('-DHAVE_MMGLIB=1', language : 'c')
+endif
+
 mgr_deps = [
     dependency('glib-2.0'),
     dependency('gio-unix-2.0'),
     dependency('gudev-1.0'),
     dependency('libgpiod'),
     dependency('libusb-1.0'),
+    mmglib_dep,
 ]
 
-mmglib_dep = dependency('mm-glib', required : false)
-if mmglib_dep.found()
-  add_global_arguments('-DHAVE_MMGLIB=1', language : 'c')
-endif
-
 subdir('data')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('udev')