diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build
index 3a0da27cb1..d30ae9dffa 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ gst_check_dep = dependency('gstreamer-check-1.0', version : gst_req,
   fallback : ['gstreamer', 'gst_check_dep'])
 
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', required: false)
 mathlib = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build
index f9dfeb203d..3947253a71 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ gstvalidate_dep = dependency('gst-validate-1.0', version : gst_req, required : g
   fallback : ['gst-devtools', 'validate_dep'])
 
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 libxml_dep = dependency('libxml-2.0', required: get_option('xptv'))
 cdata.set('DISABLE_XPTV', not libxml_dep.found())
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-omx/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-omx/meson.build
index f368913f75..8cd8cf6e80 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-omx/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-omx/meson.build
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ gstcheck_dep = dependency('gstreamer-check-1.0', version : gst_req,
     fallback : ['gstreamer', 'gst_check_dep'])
 
 libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', version: glib_req)
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', version: glib_req)
 
 gst_omx_args = ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H']
 configinc = include_directories('.')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index 8c27381a21..5a235bc43a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -382,7 +382,7 @@ endif
 
 libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 # gio-unix-2.0 is used by sys/bluez
 
 # Optional dep of ext/gl and gst/librfb
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
index 186cc56057..80278401e0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ giounix_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 if host_system != 'windows'
   giounix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0')
 endif
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 
 # some of the examples can use gdk-pixbuf and GTK+3
 gdk_pixbuf_dep = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', required : get_option('examples'))
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
index 6a0ef3d75f..ea9f931745 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ endif
 cdata.set('HAVE_ZLIB', true)
 
 gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0', version: glib_req)
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 
 gst_plugins_good_args = ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H']
 configinc = include_directories('.')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
index 15ad4c4eef..b7adc060b6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ else
   cdata.set('DISABLE_ORC', 1)
 endif
 
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0', version: glib_req)
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', version: glib_req)
 
 if gmodule_dep.version().version_compare('< 2.67.4')
   cdata.set('g_memdup2(ptr,sz)', '(G_LIKELY(((guint64)(sz)) < G_MAXUINT)) ? g_memdup(ptr,sz) : (g_abort(),NULL)')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-python/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-python/meson.build
index 9dfd79aa9d..1462604b29 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-python/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-python/meson.build
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ gst_dep = dependency('gstreamer-1.0', version : gst_req,
   fallback : ['gstreamer', 'gst_dep'])
 gstbase_dep = dependency('gstreamer-base-1.0', version : gst_req,
   fallback : ['gstreamer', 'gst_base_dep'])
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 pygobject_dep = dependency('pygobject-3.0', fallback: ['pygobject', 'pygobject_dep'], version : '>= 3.8')
 
 pymod = import('python')
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer-vaapi/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer-vaapi/meson.build
index 058933bf88..4440d7a03c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer-vaapi/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer-vaapi/meson.build
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ libudev_dep = dependency('libudev', required: get_option('drm'))
 x11_dep = dependency('x11', required: get_option('x11'))
 xrandr_dep = dependency('xrandr', required: get_option('x11'))
 
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 egl_dep = dependency('egl', required: get_option('egl'))
 glesv2_dep = dependency('glesv2', required: false)
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
index e31a3b520f..17c7e17f9c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/meson.build
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ privinc = include_directories('gst')
 glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0', version : '>=2.56.0',
   fallback: ['glib', 'libglib_dep'])
 gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
-gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-2.0')
+gmodule_dep = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0')
 if host_system == 'windows'
     gio_dep = dependency('gio-2.0')
 else