diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 509ee7035590fa2cdfe6a59c4b3e250021e1d109..d9573a0dc7fe01377645df3b407ea9be59710864 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ vgdump
 *~
 \#*#
 .\#*
+/subprojects/libhandy
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 20973246b6d5750d27d2d3b1498dc1039119256b..16221bbb34abf51325b6a1f088d5a0fbd9f95049 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ phosh_deps = [
   dependency('gtk+-3.0', version: '>=3.22'),
   dependency('gtk+-wayland-3.0', version: '>=3.22'),
   dependency('wayland-client', version: '>=1.14'),
-  dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>=0.0.1'),
+  dependency('libhandy-0.0', version: '>=0.0.1', fallback: ['libhandy', 'libhandy_dep']),
   dependency('upower-glib', version: '>=0.99.1'),
   libgvc_dep,
   libnm_dep,
diff --git a/subprojects/libhandy.wrap b/subprojects/libhandy.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..28c171ccf8239f6ec1fb8695c322f518b9a38095
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/libhandy.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=libhandy
+url=https://source.puri.sm/Librem5/libhandy.git
+revision=origin/master
+