diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index d8ecd8678..69319c2f9 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -198,7 +198,8 @@ libpulsecommon = shared_library('pulsecommon-' + pa_version_major_minor,
   install_dir : privlibdir,
   dependencies : [
     libm_dep, thread_dep, dl_dep, shm_dep, iconv_dep, sndfile_dep, dbus_dep,
-    x11_dep, libsystemd_dep, glib_dep, gtk_dep, asyncns_dep, libintl_dep,
+    x11_dep, libsystemd_dep, glib_dep.partial_dependency(compile_args: true),
+    gtk_dep.partial_dependency(compile_args: true), asyncns_dep, libintl_dep,
     platform_dep, tcpwrap_dep, platform_socket_dep, execinfo_dep,
   ],
   implicit_include_directories : false)