diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/meson.build b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/meson.build
index 45e24e970f0..09da602cfb9 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/dri/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/dri/meson.build
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ libdri = static_library(
     idep_mesautil,
     deps_for_libdri,
   ],
+  link_with : [libloader],
 )
 
 if with_dri