diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4690619e54..65cb3889fd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -441,8 +441,9 @@ foreach prog : progs
         substs.set(name, path)
 endforeach
 
-# TODO: add ln --relative check
-# AS_IF([! ln --relative --help > /dev/null 2>&1], [AC_MSG_ERROR([*** ln doesn't support --relative ***])])
+if run_command('ln', '--relative', '--help').returncode() != 0
+        error('ln does not support --relative')
+endif
 
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