diff --git a/protocols/meson.build b/protocols/meson.build
index cafab64..922a76e 100644
--- a/protocols/meson.build
+++ b/protocols/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 wayland_scanner = find_program('wayland-scanner')
 wayland_protos_dep = dependency('wayland-protocols')
-wl_protocol_dir = wayland_protos_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkgdatadir')
+wl_protocol_dir = wayland_protos_dep.get_variable(pkgconfig:'pkgdatadir')
 wayland_scanner_code = generator(
 	wayland_scanner,
 	output: '@BASENAME@-protocol.c',