diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 918d40b..5136b21 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -72,6 +72,18 @@ libpkgconf = library('pkgconf',
   soversion : '3',
 )
 
+# For other projects using libpkgconfig as a subproject
+dep_libpkgconf = declare_dependency(
+  link_with : libpkgconf,
+  include_directories : include_directories('.'),
+)
+
+# If we have a new enough meson override the dependency so that only
+# `dependency('libpkgconf')` is required from the consumer
+if meson.version().version_compare('>= 0.54.0')
+  meson.override_dependency('libpkgconf', dep_libpkgconf)
+endif
+
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
 pkg.generate(libpkgconf,
   name : 'libpkgconf',
@@ -107,4 +119,4 @@ install_man('man/pc.5')
 install_man('man/pkgconf-personality.5')
 install_data('pkg.m4', install_dir: 'share/aclocal')
 install_data('AUTHORS', install_dir: 'share/doc/pkgconf')
-install_data('README.md', install_dir: 'share/doc/pkgconf')
\ No newline at end of file
+install_data('README.md', install_dir: 'share/doc/pkgconf')