diff --git a/ext/gl/meson.build b/ext/gl/meson.build
index ca15402d5f..64ef7f0da9 100644
--- a/ext/gl/meson.build
+++ b/ext/gl/meson.build
@@ -61,7 +61,12 @@ if gl_dep.found() # have desktop GL
   ]
 endif
 
-graphene_dep = dependency('graphene-1.0', version : '>=1.4.0', required : get_option('gl-graphene'))
+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'])
+
 if graphene_dep.found()
   optional_deps += graphene_dep
   core_conf.set('HAVE_GRAPHENE', true)
diff --git a/subprojects/graphene.wrap b/subprojects/graphene.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1f61aecd1c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/graphene.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=graphene
+url=https://github.com/ebassi/graphene.git
+revision=master
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