diff --git a/source/g3d_viewer/meson.build b/source/g3d_viewer/meson.build
index ebcf61fc8..acb86cae5 100644
--- a/source/g3d_viewer/meson.build
+++ b/source/g3d_viewer/meson.build
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ inc_common = [
     '../glest_game/sound',
 ]
 
-dep_xercesc = dependency('XercesC')
+dep_xercesc = dependency('XercesC', required: false)
 
 executable('megaglest_g3d_viewer',
   src_g3d_viewer,
diff --git a/source/tools/glexemel/meson.build b/source/tools/glexemel/meson.build
index f0e5dd515..2191dec70 100644
--- a/source/tools/glexemel/meson.build
+++ b/source/tools/glexemel/meson.build
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@ executable('g2xml',
 
 executable('xml2g',
     'xml2g.c',
-    dependencies: dependency('libxml2')
+    dependencies: dependency('libxml-2.0')
 )