diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/meson.build b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/meson.build
index ec728b364c4..c0d8a656786 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/nouveau/meson.build
@@ -192,5 +192,5 @@ libnouveau = static_library(
 driver_nouveau = declare_dependency(
   compile_args : '-DGALLIUM_NOUVEAU',
   dependencies : [idep_nir, idep_nouveau_codegen],
-  link_with : [libnouveau_codegen, libnouveau],
+  link_with : [libnouveau_codegen, libnouveau, libgalliumvl],
 )