diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bda3d736992d2..1aebd04e5d76f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ project(
     check : true
   ).stdout(),
   license : 'MIT',
-  meson_version : '>= 0.53',
+  meson_version : '>= 0.54',
   default_options : ['buildtype=debugoptimized', 'b_ndebug=if-release', 'c_std=c11', 'cpp_std=c++17', 'rust_std=2021']
 )
 
diff --git a/src/freedreno/perfcntrs/meson.build b/src/freedreno/perfcntrs/meson.build
index be55df141713b..f2e5d625459bf 100644
--- a/src/freedreno/perfcntrs/meson.build
+++ b/src/freedreno/perfcntrs/meson.build
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ libfreedreno_perfcntrs = static_library(
 )
 
 dep_libconfig = dependency('libconfig', required : false)
-dep_ncurses = dependency('ncurses', required : false)
+dep_curses = dependency('curses', required : false)
 
-if dep_libconfig.found() and dep_ncurses.found()
+if dep_libconfig.found() and dep_curses.found()
   fdperf = executable(
     'fdperf',
     ['fdperf.c', freedreno_xml_header_files],
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ if dep_libconfig.found() and dep_ncurses.found()
     dependencies : [
       dep_libconfig,
       dep_libdrm,
-      dep_ncurses,
+      dep_curses,
       idep_mesautil,
     ],
     build_by_default : with_tools.contains('freedreno'),