diff --git a/audio/meson.build b/audio/meson.build
index 18a831129e..7d53b0f920 100644
--- a/audio/meson.build
+++ b/audio/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
+softmmu_ss.add([spice_headers, files('audio.c')])
 softmmu_ss.add(files(
-  'audio.c',
   'audio_legacy.c',
   'mixeng.c',
   'noaudio.c',
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1a4a482492..2c6169fab0 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -321,9 +321,11 @@ if 'CONFIG_LIBJACK' in config_host
   jack = declare_dependency(link_args: config_host['JACK_LIBS'].split())
 endif
 spice = not_found
+spice_headers = not_found
 if 'CONFIG_SPICE' in config_host
   spice = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['SPICE_CFLAGS'].split(),
                              link_args: config_host['SPICE_LIBS'].split())
+  spice_headers = declare_dependency(compile_args: config_host['SPICE_CFLAGS'].split())
 endif
 rt = cc.find_library('rt', required: false)
 libdl = not_found
diff --git a/monitor/meson.build b/monitor/meson.build
index eb2a534fdc..6d00985ace 100644
--- a/monitor/meson.build
+++ b/monitor/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ qmp_ss.add(files('monitor.c', 'qmp.c', 'qmp-cmds-control.c'))
 softmmu_ss.add(files(
   'hmp-cmds.c',
   'hmp.c',
-  'qmp-cmds.c',
 ))
+softmmu_ss.add([spice_headers, files('qmp-cmds.c')])
 
 specific_ss.add(when: 'CONFIG_SOFTMMU', if_true: [files('misc.c'), spice])