diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b86e72af..cd5e77e3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -47,8 +47,17 @@ if get_option('default_library') != 'static'
   endif
 endif
 
-if get_option('with_sysprofd') != 'none'
-  config_h.set10('ENABLE_POLKIT', true)
+glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req_version)
+gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version)
+gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req_version)
+gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: gtk_req_version)
+
+# If we find polkit 0.114, we don't need to backport autoptr cleanups
+polkit_dep = dependency('polkit-gobject-1', version: '0.114', required: false)
+if polkit_dep.found()
+  config_h.set10('HAVE_POLKIT_AUTOPTR', true)
+else
+  polkit_dep = dependency('polkit-gobject-1', version: polkit_req_version)
 endif
 
 debugdir = get_option('debugdir')
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
index ce487ddd..b848225b 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ configure_file(
 )
 
 libsysprof_capture_deps = [
-  dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
+  glib_dep,
 ]
 
 libsysprof_capture = static_library(
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
index bbb1a577..b1607fad 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
@@ -54,8 +54,8 @@ libsysprof_ui_resources = gnome.compile_resources(
 )
 
 libsysprof_ui_deps = [
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: gtk_req_version),
+  gio_dep,
+  gtk_dep,
   libsysprof_dep,
 ]
 
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index 395155a5..cb0b5d29 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -58,8 +58,9 @@ libsysprof_public_sources += libsysprof_capture_sources
 libsysprof_public_headers += libsysprof_capture_headers
 
 libsysprof_deps = [
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
+  gio_dep,
+  gio_unix_dep,
+  polkit_dep,
 ]
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'linux'
@@ -89,10 +90,6 @@ if host_machine.system() != 'darwin'
   libsysprof_deps += [cxx.find_library('stdc++')]
 endif
 
-if get_option('with_sysprofd') != 'none'
-  libsysprof_deps += dependency('polkit-gobject-1')
-endif
-
 libsysprof = shared_library(
   'sysprof-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version),
   libsysprof_public_sources + libsysprof_private_sources,
diff --git a/src/sysprofd/meson.build b/src/sysprofd/meson.build
index 5cdbc6c0..2478e41e 100644
--- a/src/sysprofd/meson.build
+++ b/src/sysprofd/meson.build
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ sysprofd_sources = [
 pkglibexecdir = join_paths(get_option('prefix'), get_option('libexecdir'))
 
 sysprofd_deps = [
-  dependency('glib-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('gio-unix-2.0', version: glib_req_version),
-  dependency('polkit-gobject-1', version: polkit_req_version),
+  glib_dep,
+  gio_dep,
+  gio_unix_dep,
+  polkit_dep,
 ]
 
 sysprofd = executable('sysprofd', sysprofd_sources,