diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 428ebb2102..4158f63bc7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2622,7 +2622,8 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP') == 1
                 'systemd-cryptsetup',
                 systemd_cryptsetup_sources,
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libsystemd_static,
+                               libshared_static],
                 dependencies : [libcryptsetup,
                                 libp11kit],
                 install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
@@ -2633,7 +2634,8 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP') == 1
                 'systemd-cryptsetup-generator',
                 'src/cryptsetup/cryptsetup-generator.c',
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libsystemd_static,
+                               libshared_static],
                 install_rpath : rootlibexecdir,
                 install : true,
                 install_dir : systemgeneratordir)
@@ -2661,7 +2663,8 @@ if conf.get('HAVE_LIBCRYPTSETUP') == 1
                 'systemd-cryptenroll',
                 systemd_cryptenroll_sources,
                 include_directories : includes,
-                link_with : [libshared],
+                link_with : [libsystemd_static,
+                               libshared_static],
                 dependencies : [libcryptsetup,
                                 libdl,
                                 libopenssl,