diff --git a/src/loader/meson.build b/src/loader/meson.build
index 9d5a7968af4..00ba1491c45 100644
--- a/src/loader/meson.build
+++ b/src/loader/meson.build
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@ endif
 
 libloader = static_library(
   'loader',
-  ['loader.c', 'pci_id_driver_map.c', xmlpool_options_h],
+  ['loader.c', 'pci_id_driver_map.c'],
   c_args : [c_vis_args, '-DUSE_DRICONF',
             '-DDEFAULT_DRIVER_DIR="@0@"'.format(dri_search_path),
 ],
   include_directories : [inc_include, inc_src, inc_util],
-  dependencies : [dep_libdrm, dep_thread],
+  dependencies : [dep_libdrm, dep_thread, idep_xmlconfig_headers],
   build_by_default : false,
 )