diff --git a/src/util/meson.build b/src/util/meson.build
index 6386d945a22..1f98758aa46 100644
--- a/src/util/meson.build
+++ b/src/util/meson.build
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ libxmlconfig = static_library(
   'xmlconfig',
   files_xmlconfig,
   include_directories : inc_common,
+  link_with : libmesa_util,
   dependencies : [dep_expat, dep_m],
   c_args : [
     c_msvc_compat_args, c_vis_args,