diff --git a/example/meson.build b/example/meson.build
index a1bf351..5d139ea 100644
--- a/example/meson.build
+++ b/example/meson.build
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ executable(
     sources: [
         'main.c',
     ],
-    include_directories: libgamemode_includes,
     dependencies: [
+        libgamemode_dep,
         libdl,
     ],
 )
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index f09dc80..edb9830 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -69,3 +69,10 @@ pkg.generate(
   ],
 )
 
+# Dependency objects for the libs
+libgamemode_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: libgamemode_includes,
+)
+libgamemodeauto_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: gamemodeauto,
+)