diff --git a/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build b/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
index 7e15d8f22..6d6a72391 100644
--- a/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
+++ b/libweston/backend-drm/meson.build
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ srcs_drm = [
 ]
 
 deps_drm = [
+	dep_libdl,
 	dep_libweston_private,
 	dep_session_helper,
 	dep_libdrm,