diff --git a/ges/meson.build b/ges/meson.build
index 79df1c8bc8..d3421913cf 100644
--- a/ges/meson.build
+++ b/ges/meson.build
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ parser = custom_target('gesparselex',
   command : [flex, '-Ppriv_ges_parse_yy', '--header-file=@OUTPUT1@', '-o', '@OUTPUT0@', '@INPUT@']
 )
 
-libges = shared_library('ges-1.0', ges_sources, parser,
+libges = library('ges-1.0', ges_sources, parser,
     version : libversion,
     soversion : soversion,
     darwin_versions : osxversion,