diff --git a/src/frontend/meson.build b/src/frontend/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..14cd65e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/frontend/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+if get_option('with-frontend') == true
+    dep_gtk3 = dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>= 3.4.0')
+endif
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 7fe9974..93eaeb9 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -16,5 +16,6 @@ nica_includes = [
     config_h_dir,
 ]
 
+subdir('frontend')
 subdir('intercept')
 subdir('shim')