diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e32ebd3f2f2..8427d26dc3d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1854,7 +1854,8 @@ with_spirv_tools = get_option('spirv-tools') \
 dep_spirv_tools = dependency(
   'SPIRV-Tools',
   required : with_spirv_tools,
-  version : '>= 2024.1'
+  version : '>= 2024.1',
+  static : host_machine.system() == 'darwin',
 )
 if dep_spirv_tools.found()
   pre_args += '-DHAVE_SPIRV_TOOLS'