diff --git a/spa/meson.build b/spa/meson.build
index f8acaec6a..c17deaab9 100644
--- a/spa/meson.build
+++ b/spa/meson.build
@@ -78,19 +78,23 @@ if get_option('spa-plugins').allowed()
     ldac_abr_dep = dependency('ldacBT-abr', required : get_option('bluez5-codec-ldac'))
     summary({'LDAC ABR': ldac_abr_dep.found()}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Bluetooth audio codecs')
 
+    ldac_dec_dep = dependency('', required: false)
     if get_option('bluez5-codec-ldac-dec').allowed()
-      ldac_dec_dep = dependency('ldacBT-dec', required : false)
-      if not ldac_dec_dep.found()
-        dep = cc.find_library('ldacBT_dec', required : false)
+      dep = dependency('ldacBT', required : false)
+      if dep.found() and cc.has_function('ldacBT_decode', dependencies : dep)
+        ldac_dec_dep = dep
+      else
+        dep = cc.find_library('ldacBT', required : false)
         if dep.found() and cc.has_function('ldacBT_decode', dependencies : dep)
           ldac_dec_dep = dep
         endif
       endif
+      if ldac_dec_dep.found()
+        ldac_dep = ldac_dec_dep # use ldacBT for both decode and encode
+      endif
       if not ldac_dec_dep.found() and get_option('bluez5-codec-ldac-dec').enabled()
         error('LDAC decoder library not found')
       endif
-    else
-      ldac_dec_dep = dependency('', required: false)
     endif
     summary({'LDAC DEC': ldac_dec_dep.found()}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Bluetooth audio codecs')
 
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-codec-ldac.c b/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-codec-ldac.c
index c80733220..ceda1621c 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-codec-ldac.c
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/a2dp-codec-ldac.c
@@ -471,7 +471,11 @@ static void *codec_init(const struct media_codec *codec, uint32_t flags,
 #endif
 
 #ifdef ENABLE_LDAC_ABR
-	this->ldac_abr = ldac_ABR_get_handle();
+#ifdef ENABLE_LDAC_DEC
+		this->ldac_abr = ldac_ABR_get_handle(NULL);
+#else
+		this->ldac_abr = ldac_ABR_get_handle();
+#endif
 	if (this->ldac_abr == NULL)
 		goto error_errno;
 #endif
diff --git a/spa/plugins/bluez5/meson.build b/spa/plugins/bluez5/meson.build
index 01c5f3ac1..e39afd030 100644
--- a/spa/plugins/bluez5/meson.build
+++ b/spa/plugins/bluez5/meson.build
@@ -141,7 +141,6 @@ if ldac_dep.found()
   endif
   if get_option('bluez5-codec-ldac-dec').allowed() and ldac_dec_dep.found()
     ldac_args += [ '-DENABLE_LDAC_DEC' ]
-    ldac_dep = [ldac_dep, ldac_dec_dep]
   endif
   bluez_codec_ldac = shared_library('spa-codec-bluez5-ldac',
     [ 'a2dp-codec-ldac.c', 'media-codecs.c' ],