diff --git a/src/rde/meson.build b/src/rde/meson.build
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+rde_lib = static_library(
+  'rde',
+  'rde_dictionary_manager.cpp',
+  include_directories : rde_inc,
+  implicit_include_directories: false)
+
+rde_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: rde_lib)