diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
index 612ea2325b..0b2d0d21d1 100644
--- a/ui/meson.build
+++ b/ui/meson.build
@@ -83,7 +83,9 @@ if dbus_display
                                           '--interface-prefix', 'org.qemu.',
                                           '--c-namespace', 'QemuDBus',
                                           '--generate-c-code', '@BASENAME@'])
-  dbus_ss.add(when: [gio, pixman, opengl, gbm],
+  dbus_display1_lib = static_library('dbus-display1', dbus_display1, dependencies: gio)
+  dbus_display1_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: dbus_display1_lib, include_directories: include_directories('.'))
+  dbus_ss.add(when: [gio, pixman, opengl, gbm, dbus_display1_dep],
               if_true: [files(
                 'dbus-chardev.c',
                 'dbus-clipboard.c',
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ if dbus_display
                 'dbus-error.c',
                 'dbus-listener.c',
                 'dbus.c',
-              ), dbus_display1])
+              )])
   ui_modules += {'dbus' : dbus_ss}
 endif