diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ca29a41..a0e2ff0 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ deps_libei = [
     dep_libutil,
 ]
 
-lib_libei = shared_library('ei',
+lib_libei = library('ei',
     src_libei,
     dependencies: deps_libei,
     include_directories: [inc_builddir],
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ src_libeis = files(
     'libeis-touchscreen.c',
 ) + [brei_proto_headers, eis_proto_headers, eis_proto_sources]
 
-lib_libeis = shared_library('eis',
+lib_libeis = library('eis',
     src_libeis,
     dependencies: [dep_libutil],
     include_directories: [inc_builddir],
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ if build_oeffis
     src_liboeffis = files('liboeffis.c')
     deps_liboeffis = [dep_libutil, dep_systemd]
 
-    lib_liboeffis = shared_library('oeffis',
+    lib_liboeffis = library('oeffis',
         src_liboeffis,
         include_directories: [inc_builddir],
         dependencies: deps_liboeffis,