diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 03e5a74643..ae5878ae4f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('gstreamer-full', 'c',
   version : '1.23.0.1',
-  meson_version : '>= 0.63.0',
+  meson_version : '>= 1.1',
   default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized',
                      # Needed due to https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1889,
                      # but this can cause problems in the future. Remove it
diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 8b3c316abd..274274f6a5 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ option('doc', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled', description : 'Generate API
 option('gtk_doc', type : 'feature', value : 'disabled', description : 'Generate API documentation with gtk-doc')
 option('qt5', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Qt5 toolkit support')
 option('qt6', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Qt6 toolkit support')
+option('webrtc', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'WebRTC support')
 
 option('package-origin', type : 'string', value : 'Unknown package origin', yield : true,
        description : 'package origin URL to use in plugins')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build
index afdd8d224b..ca07da01e4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build
@@ -12,8 +12,9 @@ dtls_sources = [
   'gstdtlselement.c',
 ]
 
-openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', version : '>= 1.0.1', required : get_option('dtls'))
-libcrypto_dep = dependency('libcrypto', required : get_option('dtls'))
+dtls_option = get_option('dtls').enable_if(get_option('webrtc').enabled(), error_message: 'webrtc option is enabled')
+openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', version: '>= 1.0.1', required: dtls_option)
+libcrypto_dep = dependency('libcrypto', required: dtls_option)
 
 if openssl_dep.found() and libcrypto_dep.found()
   gstdtls = library('gstdtls',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build
index 6b3d7f249d..2b4f88a86d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ sctp_sources = [
   'sctpassociation.c'
 ]
 
-if get_option('sctp').disabled()
+sctp_option = get_option('sctp').enable_if(get_option('webrtc').enabled(), error_message: 'webrtc option is enabled')
+if sctp_option.disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ if not get_option('sctp-internal-usrsctp').enabled()
   found_system_usrsctp = sctp_dep.found() and sctp_header
 
   if get_option('sctp-internal-usrsctp').disabled() and not found_system_usrsctp
-    if get_option('sctp').enabled()
+    if sctp_option.enabled()
       error('sctp plugin enabled but could not find libusrsctp or usrsctp.h, and internal libusrsctp disabled')
     else
       message('Could not find libusrsctp or usrsctp.h, and internal libusrsctp disabled - not building sctp plugin')
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@ if not found_system_usrsctp
   subdir('usrsctp')
   sctp_dep = usrsctp_dep
   sctp_header = true
-  if get_option('sctp').enabled() and not sctp_dep.found()
+  if sctp_option.enabled() and not sctp_dep.found()
     error('sctp plugin enabled but could not find system libusrsctp or configure internal libusrsctp')
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build
index 908ead9661..d15d58c132 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ srtp_sources = [
 ]
 
 srtp_cargs = []
-if get_option('srtp').disabled()
+srtp_option = get_option('srtp').enable_if(get_option('webrtc').enabled(), error_message: 'webrtc option is enabled')
+if srtp_option.disabled()
   srtp_dep = dependency('', required : false)
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ else
     srtp_dep = cc.find_library('srtp', required : false)
   endif
 endif
-if not srtp_dep.found() and get_option('srtp').enabled()
+if not srtp_dep.found() and srtp_option.enabled()
   error('srtp plugin enabled but libsrtp not found')
 endif
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index 9852206ec4..d2833182c2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('gst-plugins-bad', 'c', 'cpp',
   version : '1.23.0.1',
-  meson_version : '>= 0.62',
+  meson_version : '>= 1.1',
   default_options : [ 'warning_level=1',
                       'buildtype=debugoptimized' ])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson_options.txt b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson_options.txt
index 05f5115bc7..a799b6b388 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson_options.txt
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson_options.txt
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ option('vulkan', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Vulkan video s
 option('wasapi', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Windows Audio Session API source/sink plugin')
 option('wasapi2', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Windows Audio Session API source/sink plugin with WinRT API')
 option('webp', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'WebP image codec plugin')
-option('webrtc', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'WebRTC audio/video network bin plugin')
+option('webrtc', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', yield: true, description : 'WebRTC audio/video network bin plugin')
 option('webrtcdsp', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Plugin with various audio filters provided by the WebRTC audio processing library')
 option('wildmidi', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'WildMidi midi soft synth plugin')
 option('wic', type : 'feature', value : 'auto', description : 'Windows Imaging Component plugin')