diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 828e66402a..ef1b74b163 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ feature = get_option('gcrypt')
 libgcrypt = dependency('libgcrypt',
                        required : feature)
 libgpg_error = dependency('gpg-error',
-                          required : feature.disabled() ? feature : false)
+                          required : feature)
 
 have = libgcrypt.found() and libgpg_error.found()
 if not have