diff --git a/src/libresrc/meson.build b/src/libresrc/meson.build
index 3d172673a..6fb0cd086 100644
--- a/src/libresrc/meson.build
+++ b/src/libresrc/meson.build
@@ -47,3 +47,8 @@ resrc += custom_target('default_config.{cpp,h}',
 
 libresrc_inc = include_directories('.')
 libresrc = static_library('resrc', 'libresrc.cpp', resrc, include_directories: deps_inc, dependencies: deps)
+
+libresrc_dep = declare_dependency(
+    sources: resrc,
+    link_with: [libresrc]
+)
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index b01ad5e90..a68ad0844 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 subdir('libresrc')
 
+deps += libresrc_dep
+
 aegisub_src = files(
     'MatroskaParser.c',
     'aegisublocale.cpp',