diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/wayland/meson.build b/gst-libs/gst/wayland/meson.build
index e9a88c9274..7bff571033 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/wayland/meson.build
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/wayland/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ wl_client_dep = dependency('wayland-client', version: wl_req, required: false)
 libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', version: '>= 2.4.55', required: false)
 wl_protocol_dep = dependency('wayland-protocols', version: wl_req,
                              required: false)
-wl_scanner = find_program('wayland-scanner')
+wl_scanner = find_program('wayland-scanner', required: false)
 use_wayland = wl_protocol_dep.found() and wl_client_dep.found() and wl_scanner.found() and libdrm_dep.found()
 
 if use_wayland