diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 210d01099a29e81d238c19ed127b8a8517e66cd8..ac663717dd1da9a56cb301b1120081c45aa66ebf 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ moody_sources = [
 libhandy_dep = dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>= 0.0.8')
 libsoup_dep  = dependency('libsoup-2.4')
 libsecret_dep  = dependency('libsecret-1')
-libmyhtml_dep = dependency('myhtml', method: 'pkg-config')
+libmyhtml_dep = dependency('myhtml', required: false)
 moody = executable('moody', moody_sources,
   dependencies: [libhandy_dep, libsoup_dep, libsecret_dep, libmyhtml_dep],
   include_directories: [root_inc, src_inc],