diff --git a/anda/lib/mesa/mesa.spec b/anda/lib/mesa/mesa.spec
index 9ec0b3f43d..02b34dee4e 100644
--- a/anda/lib/mesa/mesa.spec
+++ b/anda/lib/mesa/mesa.spec
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@
 %global vulkan_drivers swrast%{?base_vulkan}%{?intel_platform_vulkan}%{?extra_platform_vulkan}%{?with_nvk:,nouveau}
 Name:           %{srcname}
 Summary:        Mesa graphics libraries
+# Make the dep solver always prefer our Mesa over the distro's
+# This should not break anything by default as the Mesa stream is ***EXPLICITLY***
+# disabled by default, and has to be enabled manually. See `terra/release/terra-mesa.repo` for details.
+Epoch:          1
 %global ver 24.3.4
 Version:        %{lua:ver = string.gsub(rpm.expand("%{ver}"), "-", "~"); print(ver)}
 Release:        3%?dist