diff --git a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build
index 2019035d5b642cbd47647b1dbc14f70b2c68304e..4a9555b33a702e030053829b89851da277ed0d5a 100644
--- a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build
+++ b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_image_windows/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 project('sdl2_image_windows', 'cpp')
 
-cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+sdl2_main = declare_dependency(
+  link_args : '-L' + meson.current_source_dir() + '/lib -SDL2_image')
+
 sdl2_image_windows_dep = declare_dependency(
-  dependencies : [cxx.find_library('SDL2_image', dirs : join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib'))],
+  dependencies : [sdl2_main],
   include_directories : include_directories(join_paths('include', 'SDL2')))
+
diff --git a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build
index f24b47750c2c134f5a36ecf9eac138f5390ef42b..2c9e5b8dd97982cc9032f476f5888b36e36063b9 100644
--- a/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build
+++ b/dependencies/subprojects/sdl2_windows/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
 project('sdl2_windows', 'cpp')
 
-cxx = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+
+sdl2_main = declare_dependency(
+  link_args : '-L' + meson.current_source_dir() + '/lib -lSDL2main')
+
+sdl2 = declare_dependency(
+  link_args : '-L' + meson.current_source_dir() + '/lib -lSDL2')
+
 sdl2_windows_dep = declare_dependency(
-  dependencies : [cxx.find_library('SDL2main', dirs : join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib')), 
-                  cxx.find_library('SDL2', dirs : join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), 'lib'))],
+  dependencies : [sdl2_main, sdl2],
   link_args: ['-lmingw32'],
-  include_directories : include_directories(join_paths('include', 'SDL2')))
+  include_directories : include_directories(join_paths('include', 'SDL2')))
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