diff --git a/config.h.meson b/config.h.meson
index 9919bd4d0..ef6de7e6c 100644
--- a/config.h.meson
+++ b/config.h.meson
@@ -138,3 +138,6 @@
 
 /* Supports eventfd */
 #mesondefine HAVE_EVENTFD
+
+/* libdrm defines struct drm_plane_size_hint */
+#mesondefine HAVE_DRM_PLANE_SIZE_HINT
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 70ac5c231..8c5932cc6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 project('mutter', 'c',
   version: '47.alpha',
-  meson_version: '>= 1.1.0',
+  meson_version: '>= 1.3.0',
   license: 'GPLv2+'
 )
 
@@ -271,6 +271,11 @@ endif
 
 if have_wayland or have_native_backend
   libdrm_dep = dependency('libdrm', version: libdrm_req)
+  have_drm_plane_size_hint = cc.has_type('struct drm_plane_size_hint',
+                                         dependencies: libdrm_dep,
+                                         prefix: '#include <drm_mode.h>')
+else
+  have_drm_plane_size_hint = false
 endif
 
 have_egl_device = get_option('egl_device')
@@ -567,6 +572,7 @@ cdata.set('HAVE_PANGO_FT2', have_pango_ft2)
 cdata.set('HAVE_TIMERFD', have_timerfd)
 cdata.set('HAVE_MALLOC_TRIM', have_malloc_trim)
 cdata.set('HAVE_EVENTFD', have_eventfd)
+cdata.set('HAVE_DRM_PLANE_SIZE_HINT', have_drm_plane_size_hint)
 
 if have_x11_client
   xkb_base = xkeyboard_config_dep.get_variable('xkb_base')
diff --git a/src/backends/native/meta-kms-plane.c b/src/backends/native/meta-kms-plane.c
index 699dc02db..ff35b6093 100644
--- a/src/backends/native/meta-kms-plane.c
+++ b/src/backends/native/meta-kms-plane.c
@@ -63,12 +63,16 @@ struct _MetaKmsPlane
   MetaKmsDevice *device;
 };
 
+#ifndef HAVE_DRM_PLANE_SIZE_HINT
+
 /* Shall be removed once available on libdrm.*/
 struct drm_plane_size_hint {
   __u16 width;
   __u16 height;
 };
 
+#endif
+
 G_DEFINE_TYPE (MetaKmsPlane, meta_kms_plane, G_TYPE_OBJECT)
 
 MetaKmsDevice *