diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fb2c8937..bc956216 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ vtlib = static_library(
   'osc.c', 'osc.h',
   'sixel.c', 'sixel.h',
   'vt.c', 'vt.h',
-  wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers,
+  builtin_terminfo, wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers,
   version,
   dependencies: [libepoll, pixman, fcft, tllist, wayland_client, xkb, utf8proc],
   link_with: [common, misc],
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ executable(
   'url-mode.c', 'url-mode.h',
   'user-notification.c', 'user-notification.h',
   'wayland.c', 'wayland.h',
-  builtin_terminfo, wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers, version,
+  wl_proto_src + wl_proto_headers, version,
   dependencies: [math, threads, libepoll, pixman, wayland_client, wayland_cursor, xkb, fontconfig, utf8proc,
                  tllist, fcft],
   link_with: pgolib,