diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index b0ef9eb..2d71ca9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ scufcont_dep = declare_dependency(
   version: meson.project_version()
 )
 
+if meson.is_subproject()
+  meson.override_dependency('scufcont', scufcont_dep)
+endif
+
 if get_option('SCUFCONT_BUILD_TESTS') == true
   subdir('tests')
 endif