diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bec08967..9e893842 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -51,9 +51,11 @@ deps = [
     c_compiler.find_library('m', required: false),
 ]
 
+
+gwxcb = subproject('xcb')
 # XCB stuff
 deps += [
-    subproject('libgwater/xcb').get_variable('libgwater_xcb'),
+    gwxcb.get_variable('libgwater_xcb'),
     dependency('xcb-aux'),
     dependency('xcb-xkb'),
     dependency('xkbcommon-x11'),
diff --git a/subprojects/xcb b/subprojects/xcb
new file mode 120000
index 00000000..b916db37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/xcb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+libgwater/xcb
\ No newline at end of file