diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 30e16b84bc8a2..826714e5e4a29 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1349,9 +1349,9 @@ install_libsystemd_static = static_library(
         'systemd',
         libsystemd_sources,
         journal_client_sources,
+        basic_sources,
+        basic_gcrypt_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
-        link_with : [libbasic,
-                     libbasic_gcrypt],
         build_by_default : static_libsystemd != 'false',
         install : static_libsystemd != 'false',
         install_dir : rootlibdir,
@@ -1360,7 +1360,9 @@ install_libsystemd_static = static_library(
                         librt,
                         libxz,
                         liblz4,
-                        libgcrypt],
+                        libgcrypt,
+                        libcap,
+                        libmount],
         c_args : libsystemd_c_args + (static_libsystemd_pic ? [] : ['-fno-PIC']))
 
 ############################################################
diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 4f63fcef1ce55..4c112a6ece2d0 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -318,10 +318,10 @@ libbasic = static_library(
 
 # A convenience library that is separate from libbasic to avoid
 # unnecessary linking to libgcrypt.
+basic_gcrypt_sources = files(['gcrypt-util.c', 'gcrypt-util.h'])
 libbasic_gcrypt = static_library(
         'basic-gcrypt',
-        'gcrypt-util.c',
-        'gcrypt-util.h',
+        basic_gcrypt_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
         dependencies : [libgcrypt],
         c_args : ['-fvisibility=default'])
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index d0cb38650b60e..e3b076122b0e6 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #
 # Copyright 2017 Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek
 
-shared_sources = '''
+shared_sources = files('''
         acl-util.h
         acpi-fpdt.c
         acpi-fpdt.h
@@ -104,25 +104,25 @@ shared_sources = '''
         watchdog.c
         watchdog.h
         wireguard-netlink.h
-'''.split()
+'''.split())
 
 test_tables_h = files('test-tables.h')
 shared_sources += [test_tables_h]
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_ACL') == 1
-        shared_sources += ['acl-util.c']
+        shared_sources += files('acl-util.c')
 endif
 
 if conf.get('ENABLE_UTMP') == 1
-        shared_sources += ['utmp-wtmp.c']
+        shared_sources += files('utmp-wtmp.c')
 endif
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_SECCOMP') == 1
-        shared_sources += ['seccomp-util.c']
+        shared_sources += files('seccomp-util.c')
 endif
 
 if conf.get('HAVE_LIBIPTC') == 1
-        shared_sources += ['firewall-util.c']
+        shared_sources += files('firewall-util.c')
 endif
 
 libshared_name = 'systemd-shared-@0@'.format(meson.project_version())
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index 613a2e24cd6c0..950d7f1379ef6 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -122,15 +122,15 @@ static_libudev_pic = static_libudev == 'true' or static_libudev == 'pic'
 install_libudev_static = static_library(
         'udev',
         libudev_sources,
+        basic_sources,
+        shared_sources,
+        libsystemd_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
-        link_with : [libshared_static,
-                     libsystemd_static],
-        link_whole : libudev_basic,
         build_by_default : static_libudev != 'false',
         install : static_libudev != 'false',
         install_dir : rootlibdir,
         link_depends : libudev_sym,
-        dependencies : [threads],
+        dependencies : libshared_deps + [libmount],
         c_args : static_libudev_pic ? [] : ['-fno-PIC'],
         pic : static_libudev_pic)