diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0510bad..e86c378 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -56,6 +56,12 @@
     version: meson.project_version(),
     install: true)
 
+mapper_dep = declare_dependency(
+    link_with: libmapper,
+    include_directories: include_directories('libmapper'),
+    dependencies: [ dependency('libsystemd') ],
+)
+
 import('pkgconfig').generate(
     name: 'libmapper',
     description: 'OpenBMC service discovery utility library',