diff --git a/gst/removesilence/meson.build b/gst/removesilence/meson.build
index f5dd0c4683..30a14df581 100644
--- a/gst/removesilence/meson.build
+++ b/gst/removesilence/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ gstremovesilence = library('gstremovesilence',
   silence_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
-  dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep],
+  dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, libm],
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )