diff --git a/glx/meson.build b/glx/meson.build
index d7a2aa4686..1140522f6a 100644
--- a/glx/meson.build
+++ b/glx/meson.build
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if build_glx
             common_dep,
             dl_dep,
             dependency('glproto', version: '>= 1.4.17'),
-            dependency('gl', version: '>= 1.2.0'),
+            dependency('gl', version: '>= 1.2'),
         ],
     )