diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 74c21663..8eb35ee7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -92,7 +92,11 @@ if nolibc
     '-fno-stack-protector',
     language: 'c',
   )
-  dep += declare_dependency(link_args: ['-nostdlib', '-nodefaultlibs'])
+  add_project_link_arguments(
+    '-nostdlib',
+    '-nodefaultlibs',
+    language: 'c',
+  )
 endif
 
 zycore_dep = dependency(