diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0f97d3a..a0d66c0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ if cc.has_function('memfd_create', prefix: '#define _GNU_SOURCE\n#include <sys/m
 endif
 
 dep_math = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
+dep_epoll = dependency('epoll-shim', required: false)
 dep_libxkbcommon = dependency('xkbcommon', required: false)
 config_h.set10('HAVE_LIBXKBCOMMON', dep_libxkbcommon.found())
 dep_libevdev = dependency('libevdev', required: false)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index ea78ed8..0dd204e 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ src_libutil = files(
 lib_util = static_library('util',
     src_libutil,
     include_directories: [inc_builddir],
-    dependencies: [dep_math],
+    dependencies: [dep_math, dep_epoll],
 )
 
 dep_libutil = declare_dependency(link_with: lib_util)
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index c2282c1..9038b42 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ test('unit-tests-utils',
                src_libutil,
                include_directories: [inc_src, inc_builddir],
                c_args: ['-D_enable_tests_'],
-               dependencies: [dep_unittest, dep_math]))
+               dependencies: [dep_unittest, dep_math, dep_epoll]))
 
 test('unit-tests-ei',
     executable('unit-tests-ei',