diff --git a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
index 83c0e7f40..7d73c103d 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/build-linux.yml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential ccache python3 ninja-build python3-meson libsdl2-dev libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential ccache python3 python3-pip ninja-build libsdl2-dev libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
+          python -m pip install meson
           # Set a reasonable ccache size
           ccache -M 5G || true
 
@@ -86,7 +87,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: Install system dependencies
         run: |
           sudo apt-get update
-          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential ccache python3 ninja-build python3-meson libsdl2-dev libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
+          sudo apt-get install -y build-essential ccache python3 python3-pip ninja-build libsdl2-dev libgl-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
+          python -m pip install meson
           # Set a reasonable ccache size
           ccache -M 5G || true