diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ce1fce2b09..e015e6ef35 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -747,6 +747,11 @@ if features['uchardet']
     dependencies += uchardet
 endif
 
+features += {'lavu-uuid': libavutil.version().version_compare('>= 57.27.100')}
+if not features['lavu-uuid']
+    sources += files('misc/uuid.c')
+endif
+
 vapoursynth = dependency('vapoursynth', version: '>= 26', required: get_option('vapoursynth'))
 vapoursynth_script = dependency('vapoursynth-script', version: '>= 26',
                                 required: get_option('vapoursynth'))
diff --git a/misc/uuid.c b/misc/uuid.c
index 062e28736b..c739b3cf08 100644
--- a/misc/uuid.c
+++ b/misc/uuid.c
@@ -61,8 +61,8 @@
  */
 
 #include "uuid.h"
-#include "error.h"
-#include "avstring.h"
+#include "libavutil/error.h"
+#include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 
 int av_uuid_parse(const char *in, AVUUID uu)
 {