diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 08844313..22ad7328 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ Run these commands:
     meson build
     ninja -C build
 
-On FreeBSD, you need to pass an extra flag to prevent a linking error:
-`meson build -D b_lundef=false`.
-
 Install like so:
 
 	sudo ninja -C build install
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ff4e5e5f..9bd71191 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ project(
 	'c',
 	version: '0.0.1',
 	license: 'MIT',
-	meson_version: '>=0.47.1',
+	meson_version: '>=0.48.0',
 	default_options: [
 		'c_std=c11',
 		'warning_level=2',
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ wlr_deps += [
 	math,
 ]
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'freebsd'
+	override_options = ['b_lundef=false']
+else
+	override_options = []
+endif
+
 symbols_file = 'wlroots.syms'
 symbols_flag = '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), symbols_file)
 lib_wlr = library(
@@ -122,6 +128,7 @@ lib_wlr = library(
 	install: true,
 	link_args : symbols_flag,
 	link_depends: symbols_file,
+	override_options: override_options,
 )
 
 wlroots = declare_dependency(