diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ea030c23..e09b78ae 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ project('Hyprland', 'cpp', 'c',
   version : '0.1',
   default_options : ['warning_level=3', 'cpp_std=c++20'])
 
+wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false'])
+have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')
+xcb_dep = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))
+
+if get_option('xwayland').enabled() and not have_xwlr
+	error('Cannot enable Xwayland in Hyprland: wlroots has been built without Xwayland support')
+endif
+have_xwayland = xcb_dep.found() and have_xwlr
+
+if not have_xwayland
+add_project_arguments('-DNO_XWAYLAND', language: 'cpp')
+endif
+
 subdir('protocols')
 subdir('src')
 subdir('hyprctl')
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 87aadbd7..4e52d65e 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
 globber = run_command('find', '-name', '*.cpp', check: true)
 src = globber.stdout().strip().split('\n')
 
-wlroots = subproject('wlroots', default_options: ['examples=false'])
-have_xwlr = wlroots.get_variable('features').get('xwayland')
-xcb_dep = dependency('xcb', required: get_option('xwayland'))
-
-if get_option('xwayland').enabled() and not have_xwlr
-	error('Cannot enable Xwayland in Hyperland: wlroots has been built without Xwayland support')
-endif
-have_xwayland = xcb_dep.found() and have_xwlr
-
-if not have_xwayland
-add_project_arguments('-DNO_XWAYLAND', language: 'cpp')
-endif
-
 executable('Hyprland', src,
   cpp_args: ['-DWLR_USE_UNSTABLE'],
   dependencies: [