diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 433ca01ee..4e44e265a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -78,10 +78,14 @@ cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 deps += cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 deps += cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
 
-iconv_dep = cc.find_library('iconv', required: false)
-if not (iconv_dep.found() or cc.has_function('iconv_open'))
-    iconv_sp = subproject('iconv') # this really needs to be replaced with a proper port
-    iconv_dep = iconv_sp.get_variable('libiconv_dep')
+if meson.version().version_compare('>=0.60.0')
+  iconv_dep = dependency('iconv', fallback: ['iconv', 'libiconv_dep'])
+else
+  iconv_dep = cc.find_library('iconv', required: false)
+  if not (iconv_dep.found() or cc.has_function('iconv_open'))
+      iconv_sp = subproject('iconv') # this really needs to be replaced with a proper port
+      iconv_dep = iconv_sp.get_variable('libiconv_dep')
+  endif
 endif
 deps += iconv_dep