diff --git a/block/meson.build b/block/meson.build
index 9e3388f633..01861e1545 100644
--- a/block/meson.build
+++ b/block/meson.build
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ modsrc = []
 foreach m : [
   [curl, 'curl', files('curl.c')],
   [glusterfs, 'gluster', files('gluster.c')],
-  [libiscsi, 'iscsi', files('iscsi.c')],
+  [libiscsi, 'iscsi', [files('iscsi.c'), libm]],
   [libnfs, 'nfs', files('nfs.c')],
   [libssh, 'ssh', files('ssh.c')],
   [rbd, 'rbd', files('rbd.c')],
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a45f1a844f..913cf2a41a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ if targetos != 'linux' and get_option('multiprocess').enabled()
 endif
 multiprocess_allowed = targetos == 'linux' and not get_option('multiprocess').disabled()
 
-m = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
+libm = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 util = cc.find_library('util', required: false)
 winmm = []
 socket = []
@@ -1899,7 +1899,7 @@ util_ss.add_all(trace_ss)
 util_ss = util_ss.apply(config_all, strict: false)
 libqemuutil = static_library('qemuutil',
                              sources: util_ss.sources() + stub_ss.sources() + genh,
-                             dependencies: [util_ss.dependencies(), m, glib, socket, malloc, pixman])
+                             dependencies: [util_ss.dependencies(), libm, glib, socket, malloc, pixman])
 qemuutil = declare_dependency(link_with: libqemuutil,
                               sources: genh + version_res)