diff --git a/examples/meson.build b/examples/meson.build
index 0300e035..4d169d87 100644
--- a/examples/meson.build
+++ b/examples/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ threads = dependency('threads')
 wayland_egl = dependency('wayland-egl')
 wayland_cursor = dependency('wayland-cursor')
 libpng = dependency('libpng', required: false, disabler: true)
+egl = dependency('egl', required: false, disabler: true)
+glesv2 = dependency('glesv2', required: false, disabler: true)
 # These versions correspond to ffmpeg 4.0
 libavutil = dependency('libavutil', version: '>=56.14.100', required: false, disabler: true)
 libavcodec = dependency('libavcodec', version: '>=58.18.100', required: false, disabler: true)
@@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'idle-inhibit': {
 		'src': ['idle-inhibit.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'idle-inhibit-unstable-v1',
 			'xdg-shell',
@@ -63,7 +65,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit': {
 		'src': ['keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'keyboard-shortcuts-inhibit-unstable-v1',
 			'xdg-shell',
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'layer-shell': {
 		'src': ['layer-shell.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, wlroots, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'wlr-layer-shell-unstable-v1',
 			'xdg-shell',
@@ -79,7 +81,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'input-inhibitor': {
 		'src': ['input-inhibitor.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'wlr-input-inhibitor-unstable-v1',
 			'xdg-shell',
@@ -97,7 +99,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'pointer-constraints': {
 		'src': ['pointer-constraints.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'pointer-constraints-unstable-v1',
 			'xdg-shell',
@@ -105,7 +107,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'relative-pointer': {
 		'src': ['relative-pointer-unstable-v1.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'pointer-constraints-unstable-v1',
 			'relative-pointer-unstable-v1',
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'toplevel-decoration': {
 		'src': ['toplevel-decoration.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'xdg-decoration-unstable-v1',
 			'xdg-shell',
@@ -155,7 +157,7 @@ clients = {
 	},
 	'text-input': {
 		'src': ['text-input.c', 'egl_common.c'],
-		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, wlroots],
+		'dep': [wayland_egl, wayland_cursor, egl, glesv2],
 		'proto': [
 			'text-input-unstable-v3',
 			'xdg-shell',