--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ add_project_arguments('-Os', '-Wall', '-
                       language : 'c')
 
 glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
-seccomp = dependency('libseccomp', version : '>= 2.5.2')
+seccomp = dependency('libseccomp', version : '>= 2.5.2', required : false)
 if seccomp.found()
   add_project_arguments('-DUSE_SECCOMP=1', language : 'c')
 endif