--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ include_dirs = include_directories(
 glib_dep = dependency(
   'glib-2.0',
   version: '>= 2.40',
+  static: true,
 )
 libnl_dep = dependency(
   'libnl-genl-3.0',