diff --git a/libs/gst/base/meson.build b/libs/gst/base/meson.build
index 8f31b410de..a232a87167 100644
--- a/libs/gst/base/meson.build
+++ b/libs/gst/base/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ if libtype != 'static'
       identifier_prefix : 'Gst',
       symbol_prefix : 'gst',
       export_packages : 'gstreamer-base-1.0',
-      link_with : libgst_shared,
+      dependencies : [gst_dep],
       include_directories : [configinc, libsinc, privinc],
       includes : ['GLib-2.0', 'GObject-2.0', 'GModule-2.0', 'Gst-1.0'],
       install : true,
diff --git a/libs/gst/controller/meson.build b/libs/gst/controller/meson.build
index 2ff95cdfa2..c3c7843936 100644
--- a/libs/gst/controller/meson.build
+++ b/libs/gst/controller/meson.build
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ if libtype != 'static'
       identifier_prefix : 'Gst',
       symbol_prefix : 'gst',
       export_packages : 'gstreamer-controller-1.0',
-      link_with : libgst_shared,
+      dependencies : [gst_dep],
       include_directories : [configinc, libsinc, privinc],
       includes : ['GLib-2.0', 'GObject-2.0', 'GModule-2.0', 'Gst-1.0'],
       install : true,
diff --git a/libs/gst/net/meson.build b/libs/gst/net/meson.build
index dc9bdbc04b..160b44d04c 100644
--- a/libs/gst/net/meson.build
+++ b/libs/gst/net/meson.build
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if libtype != 'static'
       identifier_prefix : 'Gst',
       symbol_prefix : 'gst',
       export_packages : 'gstreamer-net-1.0',
-      link_with : libgst_shared,
+      dependencies : [gst_dep, gst_base_dep],
       include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
       includes : ['GLib-2.0', 'GObject-2.0', 'GModule-2.0', 'Gio-2.0', 'Gst-1.0'],
       install : true,