diff --git a/examples/c/meson.build b/examples/c/meson.build
index 7bcf760b228d2f4e4aa7b0148422fe948bbe6343..1da7925367a128e111f2619beae8f9a364bff97e 100644
--- a/examples/c/meson.build
+++ b/examples/c/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 executable('document_new', 'document_new.c',
 	link_with: [libgxml],
-	dependencies: [xml, gio, gee, inc_rooth_dep]
+	dependencies: [libgxml_deps, inc_rooth_dep]
 	)
diff --git a/examples/vala/meson.build b/examples/vala/meson.build
index 50b705ecf07d70b41d2bc48e244b57819a644f9e..c9603fbe393b494dbf2481efac61b2f0681c1393 100644
--- a/examples/vala/meson.build
+++ b/examples/vala/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
 executable('gxml-vala', 'example.vala',
 	link_with: [libgxml],
-	dependencies: [xml, gio, gee, inc_rooth_dep]
+	dependencies: [libgxml_deps, inc_rooth_dep]
 	)
diff --git a/gxml/meson.build b/gxml/meson.build
index c5a3fefb22d761e1436d7cbe69134d3abeaf09e0..46c50b150f8fe68702d9446381e3fa276819a98d 100644
--- a/gxml/meson.build
+++ b/gxml/meson.build
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ libgxml = library(VERSIONED_PROJECT_NAME,
 	vala_header : PROJECT_NAME+'.h',
 	vala_vapi : VAPI_NAME,
 	vala_gir : GIR_NAME,
-	dependencies : [ gee, gio, xml, namespaceinfo_dep, inc_libh_dep, inc_rooth_dep ],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, namespaceinfo_dep, inc_libh_dep, inc_rooth_dep ],
 	vala_args: [
 		'--abi-stability'
 	],
@@ -191,4 +191,6 @@ endif
 
 
 libgxml_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories : inc_rooth,
-  link_with : libgxml)
+  link_with : libgxml,
+  dependencies: libgxml_deps,
+  )
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 69ca78ddc8e721bc81d7ea55177db88dba5716fc..13817cde7a7a7b5c5768b12daada37c9bdc1532d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -7,9 +7,11 @@ VERSIONED_PROJECT_NAME = PROJECT_NAME+'-'+API_VERSION
 CAMEL_CASE_NAME = 'GXml'
 VERSIONED_CAMEL_CASE_NAME = CAMEL_CASE_NAME +'-'+ API_VERSION
 
-xml = dependency('libxml-2.0')
-gio = dependency('gio-2.0')
-gee = dependency('gee-0.8')
+libgxml_deps = [
+	dependency('libxml-2.0'),
+	dependency('gio-2.0'),
+	dependency('gee-0.8')
+	]
 
 VALADEPS = 'gee-0.8\ngio-2.0\nlibxml-2.0'
 PCDEPS = 'gee-0.8 gio-2.0 libxml-2.0'
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 5006e8c3661220043a0189b65df645f49e596790..ed62594e5c58f90c0ef18d6b34516433a36c59e5 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ endif
 t = executable('tests', files_tests + configvapi + configtestvapi,
 	vala_args : [],
 	c_args: tests_cargs,
-	dependencies : [ gio, gee, xml, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
 	link_with: libgxml
 )
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ feedreader_files = ([
 
 feedreadert = executable('feedreader_tests', feedreader_files + configvapi + configtestvapi,
 	vala_args : [],
-	dependencies : [ gio, gee, xml, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
 	link_with: libgxml
 )
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ files_gom_performance = files ([
 
 gom_performance = executable('gom-performance-load', files_gom_performance + configvapi + configtestvapi,
 	vala_args : [],
-	dependencies : [ gio, gee, xml, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
 	link_with: libgxml
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ files_gom_performance_iterate = files ([
 
 gom_performance_iterate = executable('gom-performance-iterate', files_gom_performance + configvapi + configtestvapi,
 	vala_args : [],
-	dependencies : [ gio, gee, xml, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
 	link_with: libgxml
 )
 
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ files_libxml_performance = files ([
 	])
 libxml_performance = executable('libxml-performance-load', files_libxml_performance + configvapi + configtestvapi,
 	vala_args : [],
-	dependencies : [ gio, gee, xml, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
 	link_with: libgxml
 )
 
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ files_libxml_performance_iterate = files ([
 
 libxml_performance_iterate = executable('libxml-performance-iterate', files_gom_performance + configvapi + configtestvapi,
 	vala_args : [],
-	dependencies : [ gio, gee, xml, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
+	dependencies : [ libgxml_deps, inc_libh_dep, testdirs_dep, inc_rooth_dep],
 	link_with: libgxml
 )