diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index cda60112f..72d275086 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -393,18 +393,23 @@ cdata.set('HAVE_GSTREAMER_DEVICE_PROVIDER', get_option('gstreamer-device-provide
 summary({'gstreamer DMA_DRM support': gst_dma_drm_found}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Backend')
 cdata.set('HAVE_GSTREAMER_DMA_DRM', gst_dma_drm_found)
 
-webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing-1',
-  version : ['>= 1.2' ],
-  required : false)
-cdata.set('HAVE_WEBRTC1', webrtc_dep.found())
-if webrtc_dep.found()
+if get_option('echo-cancel-webrtc').disabled()
+  webrtc_dep = dependency('', required: false)
   summary({'WebRTC Echo Canceling >= 1.2': webrtc_dep.found()}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Misc dependencies')
 else
-  webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing',
-    version : ['>= 0.2', '< 1.0'],
-    required : get_option('echo-cancel-webrtc'))
-  cdata.set('HAVE_WEBRTC', webrtc_dep.found())
-  summary({'WebRTC Echo Canceling < 1.0': webrtc_dep.found()}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Misc dependencies')
+  webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing-1',
+    version : ['>= 1.2' ],
+    required : false)
+  cdata.set('HAVE_WEBRTC1', webrtc_dep.found())
+  if webrtc_dep.found()
+    summary({'WebRTC Echo Canceling >= 1.2': webrtc_dep.found()}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Misc dependencies')
+  else
+    webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing',
+      version : ['>= 0.2', '< 1.0'],
+      required : get_option('echo-cancel-webrtc'))
+    cdata.set('HAVE_WEBRTC', webrtc_dep.found())
+    summary({'WebRTC Echo Canceling < 1.0': webrtc_dep.found()}, bool_yn: true, section: 'Misc dependencies')
+  endif
 endif
 
 # On FreeBSD and MidnightBSD, epoll-shim library is required for eventfd() and timerfd()