diff --git a/test cases/vala/3 dep/meson.build b/test cases/vala/3 dep/meson.build
index d327fb519..c3563b1e6 100644
--- a/test cases/vala/3 dep/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/vala/3 dep/meson.build	
@@ -2,7 +2,10 @@ project('giotest', 'vala', 'c')
 
 glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
 gobject = dependency('gobject-2.0')
-gio = dependency('gio-2.0')
+gio = [dependency('gio-2.0'),
+       # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1484
+       dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required : false),
+       dependency('gio-windows-2.0', required : false)]
 
 e = executable('gioprog', 'gioprog.vala',
 dependencies : [glib, gobject, gio])