diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 2b08f56ad..a37b945c6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1999,7 +1999,7 @@ endif
 
 # Try again with the fallback
 if not pcre.found()
-  pcre = dependency('libpcre', required : true, fallback : ['libpcre', 'pcre_dep'])
+  pcre = dependency('libpcre', required : true, fallback : ['pcre', 'pcre_dep'])
   use_pcre_static_flag = true
 elif host_system == 'windows'
   pcre_static = cc.links('''#define PCRE_STATIC
diff --git a/subprojects/libpcre.wrap b/subprojects/pcre.wrap
similarity index 99%
rename from subprojects/libpcre.wrap
rename to subprojects/pcre.wrap
index e27a198ec..ecae8ae8a 100644
--- a/subprojects/libpcre.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/pcre.wrap
@@ -9,3 +9,4 @@ patch_hash = 6b80f72385e1bf06721e26fbc83aced576e9c0d3182d86a55dd173a04050fe26
 
 [provide]
 libpcre = pcre_dep
+