diff --git a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
index 28beeb03..f548f827 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-capture/meson.build
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@ libsysprof_capture_dep = declare_dependency(
          dependencies: libsysprof_capture_deps,
   include_directories: libsysprof_capture_include_dirs,
 )
+meson.override_dependency('sysprof-capture-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version), libsysprof_capture_dep)
 
 if install_static
   pkgconfig.generate(
diff --git a/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build b/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
index f2fbfa93..1f6720a9 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof-ui/meson.build
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ libsysprof_ui_dep = declare_dependency(
             dependencies: libsysprof_ui_deps,
      include_directories: include_directories('.'),
 )
+meson.override_dependency('sysprof-ui-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version), libsysprof_ui_dep)
 
 pkgconfig.generate(
                libsysprof_ui,
diff --git a/src/libsysprof/meson.build b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
index 9eeb25ab..a730ef11 100644
--- a/src/libsysprof/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsysprof/meson.build
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ libsysprof_dep = declare_dependency(
          dependencies: libsysprof_deps,
   include_directories: [include_directories('.'), libsysprof_capture_include_dirs],
 )
+meson.override_dependency('sysprof-@0@'.format(libsysprof_api_version), libsysprof_dep)
 
 pkgconfig.generate(
                libsysprof,