diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4313d4d2a4f..5570a8a1f39 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1535,12 +1535,14 @@ ld_args_build_id = cc.get_supported_link_arguments('-Wl,--build-id=sha1')
 
 # check for dl support
 dep_dl = null_dep
-if not cc.has_function('dlopen')
-  dep_dl = cc.find_library('dl', required : host_machine.system() != 'windows')
-endif
-if cc.has_function('dladdr', dependencies : dep_dl)
-  # This is really only required for util/disk_cache.h
-  pre_args += '-DHAVE_DLADDR'
+if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
+  if not cc.has_function('dlopen')
+    dep_dl = cc.find_library('dl', required : true)
+  endif
+  if cc.has_function('dladdr', dependencies : dep_dl)
+    # This is really only required for util/disk_cache.h
+    pre_args += '-DHAVE_DLADDR'
+  endif
 endif
 
 if cc.has_function('dl_iterate_phdr')