diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
index 4393ed6ef..14b7cba06 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/__init__.py
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ from .scalapack import ScalapackDependency
 from .misc import (BlocksDependency, CursesDependency, NetCDFDependency, OpenMPDependency, Python3Dependency, ThreadDependency,
                    PcapDependency, CupsDependency, LibWmfDependency, LibGCryptDependency, GpgmeDependency, ShadercDependency)
 from .platform import AppleFrameworks
-from .ui import GLDependency, GnuStepDependency, Qt4Dependency, Qt5Dependency, SDL2Dependency, WxDependency, VulkanDependency
+from .ui import GLDependency, GnuStepDependency, Qt4Dependency, Qt5Dependency, SDL2Dependency, WxDependency, vulkan_factory
 
 
 packages.update({
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ packages.update({
     'qt5': Qt5Dependency,
     'sdl2': SDL2Dependency,
     'wxwidgets': WxDependency,
-    'vulkan': VulkanDependency,
+    'vulkan': vulkan_factory,
 })
 _packages_accept_language.update({
     'hdf5',
diff --git a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
index 38c51b88d..016e324db 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/dependencies/ui.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from ..environment import detect_cpu_family
 from .base import DependencyException, DependencyMethods
 from .base import ExternalDependency, ExternalProgram, NonExistingExternalProgram
 from .base import ExtraFrameworkDependency, PkgConfigDependency
-from .base import ConfigToolDependency, process_method_kw
+from .base import ConfigToolDependency, process_method_kw, DependencyFactory
 
 
 class GLDependency(ExternalDependency):
@@ -589,10 +589,10 @@ class WxDependency(ConfigToolDependency):
         return candidates
 
 
-class VulkanDependency(ExternalDependency):
+class VulkanDependencySystem(ExternalDependency):
 
-    def __init__(self, environment, kwargs):
-        super().__init__('vulkan', environment, kwargs)
+    def __init__(self, name: str, environment, kwargs, language: T.Optional[str] = None):
+        super().__init__(name, environment, kwargs, language=language)
 
         try:
             self.vulkan_sdk = os.environ['VULKAN_SDK']
@@ -645,22 +645,16 @@ class VulkanDependency(ExternalDependency):
                     self.link_args.append(lib)
                 return
 
-    @classmethod
-    def _factory(cls, environment, kwargs):
-        methods = process_method_kw(cls.get_methods(), kwargs)
-        candidates = []
-
-        if DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG in methods:
-            candidates.append(functools.partial(PkgConfigDependency, 'vulkan', environment, kwargs))
-
-        if DependencyMethods.SYSTEM in methods:
-            candidates.append(functools.partial(VulkanDependency, environment, kwargs))
-
-        return candidates
-
     @staticmethod
     def get_methods():
-        return [DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG, DependencyMethods.SYSTEM]
+        return [DependencyMethods.SYSTEM]
 
     def log_tried(self):
         return 'system'
+
+
+vulkan_factory = DependencyFactory(
+    'vulkan',
+    [DependencyMethods.PKGCONFIG, DependencyMethods.SYSTEM],
+    system_class=VulkanDependencySystem,
+)