diff -rupN geary-0.12.0.orig/CMakeLists.txt geary-0.12.0/CMakeLists.txt
--- geary-0.12.0.orig/CMakeLists.txt	2018-01-16 21:45:14.731988942 +0100
+++ geary-0.12.0/CMakeLists.txt	2018-01-16 21:47:51.510178769 +0100
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ find_package(PkgConfig)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBUNITY QUIET unity>=5.12.0)
 pkg_check_modules(LIBMESSAGINGMENU QUIET messaging-menu>=12.10.2)

-pkg_check_modules(ENCHANT QUIET enchant)
+pkg_check_modules(ENCHANT QUIET enchant-2)

 pkg_check_modules(SQLITE3 sqlite3 REQUIRED)
 if (NOT ${SQLITE3_VERSION} VERSION_LESS 3.12)
diff -rupN geary-0.12.0.orig/src/CMakeLists.txt geary-0.12.0/src/CMakeLists.txt
--- geary-0.12.0.orig/src/CMakeLists.txt	2018-01-16 21:45:14.738655384 +0100
+++ geary-0.12.0/src/CMakeLists.txt	2018-01-16 21:48:40.088633141 +0100
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ pkg_check_modules(DEPS REQUIRED
     webkit2gtk-4.0>=${TARGET_WEBKIT}
     webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0>=${TARGET_WEBKIT}
     javascriptcoregtk-4.0>=${TARGET_WEBKIT}
-    enchant>=1.6
+    enchant-2>=1.6
     libunwind-generic>=1.1
     ${EXTRA_CLIENT_PKG_CONFIG}
 )
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5874a98c..818d55f6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ webkit2gtk_dep = dependency('webkit2gtk-4.0', version: '>=' + target_webkit)
 webkit2gtk_web_extension_dep = dependency('webkit2gtk-web-extension-4.0', version: '>=' + target_webkit)
 javascriptcoregtk_lib = cc.find_library('javascriptcoregtk-4.0', version: '>=' + target_webkit)
 javascriptcoregtk_vapi = valac.find_library('javascriptcore-4.0', dirs: vapi_dir)
-enchant = dependency('enchant', version: '>= 1.6')
+enchant = dependency('enchant-2', version: '>= 1.6')
 
 # System dependencies ensures appropriate versions, but the declared
 # depencency is what we actually build against.