diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1519a2bbb4ef..6ea97672e33d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ endif

 bashcompletion = dependency('bash-completion', required : false)
 if bashcompletion.found()
-  BASHCOMPDIR = bashcompletion.get_pkgconfig_variable('completionsdir')
+  BASHCOMPDIR = bashcompletion.get_variable(pkgconfig: 'completionsdir')
 else
   BASHCOMPDIR = join_paths(DATAROOTDIR, 'bash-completion/completions')
 endif