diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1c5808d..21d113c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
   description: 'Phosphor Blob Transfer Interface',
   version: meson.project_version())
 
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
 phosphor_logging_dep = dependency('phosphor-logging')
+ipmid_dep = dependency('libipmid')
+channellayer_dep = cpp.find_library('channellayer', required: true)
 
 blob_manager_pre = declare_dependency(
   dependencies: [
@@ -60,7 +64,8 @@
   implicit_include_directories: false,
   dependencies: [
     blob_manager_dep,
-    dependency('libipmid'),
+    ipmid_dep,
+    channellayer_dep,
   ],
   install: true,
   install_dir: get_option('libdir') / 'ipmid-providers')