diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 8ff962a14..b6161eb57 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ ver 0.21.1 (not yet released)
   - allow escaping quotes in filter expressions
 * decoder
   - ffmpeg: fix build failure with non-standard FFmpeg installation path
+  - flac: fix linker failure when building without FLAC support
 * fix build failure on Linux-PowerPC
 * fix build failure on FreeBSD
 * eliminate DLL dependencies on Windows
diff --git a/src/lib/xiph/meson.build b/src/lib/xiph/meson.build
index 66cd9464b..19dc64300 100644
--- a/src/lib/xiph/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/xiph/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ else
   libogg_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 endif
 
-if not libogg_dep.found() or not libflac_dep.found()
+if not libogg_dep.found() and not libflac_dep.found()
   xiph_dep = dependency('', required: false)
   ogg_dep = dependency('', required: false)
   flac_dep = dependency('', required: false)