diff --git a/ext/srt/meson.build b/ext/srt/meson.build
index 0d2835fb7c..c893178a96 100644
--- a/ext/srt/meson.build
+++ b/ext/srt/meson.build
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ srt_sources = [
   'gstsrtserversink.c',
 ]
 
-srt_dep = dependency('libsrt', required : false)
+srt_dep = dependency('srt', required : false)
 
 if not srt_dep.found() and cc.has_header_symbol('srt/srt.h', 'srt_startup')
   srt_dep = cc.find_library('srt', required : false)