diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/16 sdl2/meson.build b/test cases/frameworks/16 sdl2/meson.build
index 5a33f2dbf..c79bd46d7 100644
--- a/test cases/frameworks/16 sdl2/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/16 sdl2/meson.build	
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 project('sdl2 test', 'c')
 
-sdl2_dep = dependency('sdl2', version : '>=2.0.0', required : false)
+sdl2_dep = dependency('sdl2', version : '>=2.0.0')
 
-if sdl2_dep.found()
-  e = executable('sdl2prog', 'sdl2prog.c', dependencies : sdl2_dep)
+e = executable('sdl2prog', 'sdl2prog.c', dependencies : sdl2_dep)
 
-  test('sdl2test', e)
-endif
+test('sdl2test', e)
+
+# Ensure that we can find it with sdl2-config too
+configdep = dependency('sdl2', method : 'sdlconfig')