diff --git a/ext/gl/meson.build b/ext/gl/meson.build
index 7175f0f59..c0f20381a 100644
--- a/ext/gl/meson.build
+++ b/ext/gl/meson.build
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ graphene_dep = dependency('graphene-gobject-1.0',
   version : '>=1.4.0',
   required : get_option('gl-graphene'),
   fallback: ['graphene', 'graphene_gobject_dep'],
-  default_options: ['introspection=false', 'installed_tests=false', 'tests=false'])
+  default_options: ['introspection=disabled', 'installed_tests=false', 'tests=false'])
 
 if graphene_dep.found()
   optional_deps += graphene_dep