--- geeqie-git-c90eebc2d.old/meson.build
+++ geeqie-git-c90eebc2d/meson.build
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@
 req_version = '>=1.6'
 option = get_option('spell')
 if not option.disabled()
-    gspell_dep = dependency('gspell-1', version : req_version, required: get_option('spell'))
+    gspell_dep = cc.find_library('gspell-1', dirs: [ '__META_PRODTREE__/gspell/lib' ], required: get_option('spell'))
     if gspell_dep.found()
         conf_data.set('HAVE_SPELL', 1)
         summary({'spell' : ['spelling checks enabled', true]}, section : 'Configuration', bool_yn : true)
@@ -485,7 +485,8 @@
 tiff_dep = []
 option = get_option('tiff')
 if not option.disabled()
-    tiff_dep = dependency('libtiff-4', required: get_option('tiff'))
+    tiff_dep = cc.find_library('libtiff', dirs: [ '__META_PRODTREE__/tiff/lib' ], required: get_option('tiff'))
+
     if tiff_dep.found()
         if cc.has_function('TIFFClientOpen', dependencies : tiff_dep)
             conf_data.set('HAVE_TIFF', 1)