diff --git a/sys/directsound/meson.build b/sys/directsound/meson.build
index d8a75a3d4a..e330c957b5 100644
--- a/sys/directsound/meson.build
+++ b/sys/directsound/meson.build
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ directsoundsink_sources = [
 ]
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows' and cc.has_header('dsound.h')
-  directsoundsink_dep = [cc.find_library('dsound'), cc.find_library('winmm')]
+  directsoundsink_dep = [cc.find_library('dsound'), cc.find_library('winmm'), cc.find_library('ole32')]
 
   gstdirectsoundsink = library('gstdirectsoundsink',
     directsoundsink_sources,