diff --git a/pkgs/by-name/df/dftd4/package.nix b/pkgs/by-name/df/dftd4/package.nix
index e5a535443865..0b2c5944035c 100644
--- a/pkgs/by-name/df/dftd4/package.nix
+++ b/pkgs/by-name/df/dftd4/package.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   lib,
   fetchFromGitHub,
   gfortran,
-  buildType ? "cmake",
+  buildType ? "meson",
   cmake,
   meson,
   ninja,