diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d832eb8b3..bef89f452 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -541,6 +541,7 @@ foreach tuple : [
         ['SECCOMP'],
         ['SELinux'],
         ['libcap'],
+        ['static libcap'],
         ['openssl'],
 ]