diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 44ee65d..04906fa 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
     'ENABLE_STATIC_LIB': true
   })
   nghttp2_ex = cmake.subproject('nghttp2', options: opt_var)
-  nghttp2 = nghttp2_ex.dependency('nghttp2')
+  nghttp2 = nghttp2_ex.dependency('nghttp2_static')
 endif
 bmcweb_dependencies += nghttp2
 
@@ -328,8 +328,10 @@
   cmake = import('cmake')
   opt = cmake.subproject_options()
   opt.add_cmake_defines({
-    'BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES': 'asio;beast;callable_traits;headers;process;type_index;url;uuid'
+    'BOOST_INCLUDE_LIBRARIES': 'asio;beast;callable_traits;headers;process;type_index;url;uuid',
+    'BUILD_SHARED_LIBS': 'OFF',
   })
+
   boost = cmake.subproject('boost', required: true, options: opt)
   boost_asio = boost.dependency('boost_asio').as_system()
   boost_beast = boost.dependency('boost_beast').as_system()