diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4ae9259fa..3aecf9310 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ subdir('src/lib/smbclient')
 subdir('src/lib/zlib')
 
 subdir('src/lib/alsa')
+subdir('src/lib/chromaprint')
 subdir('src/lib/curl')
 subdir('src/lib/expat')
 subdir('src/lib/ffmpeg')
diff --git a/src/lib/chromaprint/meson.build b/src/lib/chromaprint/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0eab568df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/chromaprint/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+chromaprint_dep = dependency('libchromaprint', required: get_option('chromaprint'))
+conf.set('ENABLE_CHROMAPRINT', chromaprint_dep.found())
diff --git a/src/tag/meson.build b/src/tag/meson.build
index 08b9e5e92..c423417d1 100644
--- a/src/tag/meson.build
+++ b/src/tag/meson.build
@@ -33,9 +33,6 @@ if libid3tag_dep.found()
   ]
 endif
 
-chromaprint_dep = dependency('libchromaprint', required: get_option('chromaprint'))
-conf.set('ENABLE_CHROMAPRINT', chromaprint_dep.found())
-
 tag = static_library(
   'tag',
   tag_sources,