diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 6705203f7..cf5b826c2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -103,3 +103,4 @@ doc/reference/meta.types
 .dirstamp
 **/tags.*
 build/
+subprojects/sysprof/
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e87071d7f..25f0b50fb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('mutter', 'c',
   version: '3.37.3',
-  meson_version: '>= 0.50.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 0.51.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ gbm_req = '>= 10.3'
 libpipewire_req = '>= 0.3.0'
 
 # profiler requirements
-sysprof_req = '>= 3.35.2'
+sysprof_req = '>= 3.37.2'
 
 gnome = import('gnome')
 pkg = import('pkgconfig')
@@ -279,7 +279,20 @@ endif
 
 have_profiler = get_option('profiler')
 if have_profiler
-  sysprof_dep = dependency('sysprof-capture-3', version: sysprof_req)
+  # libsysprof-capture support
+  sysprof_dep = dependency('sysprof-capture-4',
+    required: true,
+    default_options: [
+      'enable_examples=false',
+      'enable_gtk=false',
+      'enable_tests=false',
+      'enable_tools=false',
+      'libsysprof=false',
+      'with_sysprofd=none',
+      'help=false',
+    ],
+    fallback: ['sysprof', 'libsysprof_capture_dep'],
+  )
 endif
 
 required_functions = [
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ae286526e..54b3af8fa 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -748,9 +748,13 @@ if have_profiler
     'backends/meta-profiler.h',
   ]
 
-  sysprof_dbus_interfaces_dir = join_paths(sysprof_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('datadir'), 'dbus-1', 'interfaces')
-  sysprof3_dbus_file = join_paths(sysprof_dbus_interfaces_dir, 'org.gnome.Sysprof3.Profiler.xml')
+  if sysprof_dep.type_name() == 'pkgconfig'
+    sysprof_dbus_interfaces_dir = join_paths(sysprof_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('datadir'), 'dbus-1', 'interfaces')
+  else
+    sysprof_dbus_interfaces_dir = join_paths(meson.source_root(), 'subprojects', 'sysprof', 'src')
+  endif
 
+  sysprof3_dbus_file = join_paths(sysprof_dbus_interfaces_dir, 'org.gnome.Sysprof3.Profiler.xml')
   dbus_sysprof3_profiler_built_sources = gnome.gdbus_codegen('meta-dbus-sysprof3-profiler',
       sysprof3_dbus_file,
       interface_prefix: 'org.gnome.',
diff --git a/subprojects/sysprof.wrap b/subprojects/sysprof.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c8f5883fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/sysprof.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory=sysprof
+url=https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/sysprof.git
+revision=cae28263ff5dd4a510d82f3dc2e3a3b3d9b386fb