diff --git a/subprojects/libvhost-user/meson.build b/subprojects/libvhost-user/meson.build
index c5d85c11d7..b03446e7cd 100644
--- a/subprojects/libvhost-user/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/libvhost-user/meson.build
@@ -2,12 +2,14 @@ project('libvhost-user', 'c',
         license: 'GPL-2.0-or-later',
         default_options: ['c_std=gnu99'])
 
+threads = dependency('threads')
 glib = dependency('glib-2.0')
 inc = include_directories('../../include', '../../linux-headers')
 
 vhost_user = static_library('vhost-user',
                             files('libvhost-user.c'),
                             include_directories: inc,
+                            dependencies: threads,
                             c_args: '-D_GNU_SOURCE')
 
 executable('link-test', files('link-test.c'),
@@ -21,4 +23,5 @@ vhost_user_glib = static_library('vhost-user-glib',
                                  dependencies: glib)
 
 vhost_user_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: vhost_user_glib,
+                                    dependencies: glib,
                                     include_directories: include_directories('.'))