diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index d44c92ab04..eeaefe5809 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ block_ss.add(files(
   'vmdk.c',
   'vpc.c',
   'write-threshold.c',
-), zstd, zlib)
+), zstd, zlib, gnutls)
 
 softmmu_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_TCG', if_true: files('blkreplay.c'))
 
diff --git a/io/meson.build b/io/meson.build
index bcd8b1e737..bbcd3c53a4 100644
--- a/io/meson.build
+++ b/io/meson.build
@@ -12,4 +12,4 @@ io_ss.add(files(
   'dns-resolver.c',
   'net-listener.c',
   'task.c',
-))
+), gnutls)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bd4ff3118b..5e95dd6c93 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1814,7 +1814,7 @@ blockdev_ss.add(files(
   'blockdev-nbd.c',
   'iothread.c',
   'job-qmp.c',
-))
+), gnutls)
 
 # os-posix.c contains POSIX-specific functions used by qemu-storage-daemon,
 # os-win32.c does not
@@ -1970,6 +1970,7 @@ qmp = declare_dependency(link_whole: [libqmp])
 
 libchardev = static_library('chardev', chardev_ss.sources() + genh,
                             name_suffix: 'fa',
+                            dependencies: [gnutls],
                             build_by_default: false)
 
 chardev = declare_dependency(link_whole: libchardev)
@@ -2188,7 +2189,7 @@ if have_tools
   qemu_io = executable('qemu-io', files('qemu-io.c'),
              dependencies: [block, qemuutil], install: true)
   qemu_nbd = executable('qemu-nbd', files('qemu-nbd.c'),
-               dependencies: [blockdev, qemuutil], install: true)
+               dependencies: [blockdev, qemuutil, gnutls], install: true)
 
   subdir('storage-daemon')
   subdir('contrib/rdmacm-mux')
diff --git a/storage-daemon/meson.build b/storage-daemon/meson.build
index c5adce81c3..68852f3d25 100644
--- a/storage-daemon/meson.build
+++ b/storage-daemon/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 qsd_ss = ss.source_set()
 qsd_ss.add(files('qemu-storage-daemon.c'))
-qsd_ss.add(blockdev, chardev, qmp, qom, qemuutil)
+qsd_ss.add(blockdev, chardev, qmp, qom, qemuutil, gnutls)
 
 subdir('qapi')
 
diff --git a/tests/meson.build b/tests/meson.build
index 1fa068f27b..29ebaba48d 100644
--- a/tests/meson.build
+++ b/tests/meson.build
@@ -159,11 +159,11 @@ if have_block
      'CONFIG_POSIX' in config_host
     tests += {
       'test-crypto-tlscredsx509': ['crypto-tls-x509-helpers.c', 'pkix_asn1_tab.c',
-                                   tasn1, crypto],
+                                   tasn1, crypto, gnutls],
       'test-crypto-tlssession': ['crypto-tls-x509-helpers.c', 'pkix_asn1_tab.c', 'crypto-tls-psk-helpers.c',
-                                 tasn1, crypto],
+                                 tasn1, crypto, gnutls],
       'test-io-channel-tls': ['io-channel-helpers.c', 'crypto-tls-x509-helpers.c', 'pkix_asn1_tab.c',
-                              tasn1, io, crypto]}
+                              tasn1, io, crypto, gnutls]}
   endif
   if 'CONFIG_AUTH_PAM' in config_host
     tests += {'test-authz-pam': [authz]}
diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
index 013258a01c..e6655c94a6 100644
--- a/ui/meson.build
+++ b/ui/meson.build
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ vnc_ss.add(files(
   'vnc-ws.c',
   'vnc-jobs.c',
 ))
-vnc_ss.add(zlib, png, jpeg)
+vnc_ss.add(zlib, png, jpeg, gnutls)
 vnc_ss.add(when: sasl, if_true: files('vnc-auth-sasl.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add_all(when: vnc, if_true: vnc_ss)
 softmmu_ss.add(when: vnc, if_false: files('vnc-stubs.c'))