diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a47037c..e6af2a9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,14 @@ if not libwebsockets_dep.found()
   libwebsockets_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: 'websockets')
 endif
 
-libfuse_dep = dependency('fuse3', version: '>=3.1.0')
+libfuse_dep = dependency('fuse3', version: '>=3.8.0', required: false)
+if (no libfuse_dep.found()
+  thread_dep = dependency('threads')
+  libfuse_dep = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: ['fuse3'],
+    include_directories: ['fuse3'],
+    dependencies: thread_dep)
+endif
 
 pkg_config = import('pkgconfig')