diff --git a/AUTHORS b/AUTHORS
index 32526014..91a6d71b 100644
--- a/AUTHORS
+++ b/AUTHORS
@@ -94,5 +94,6 @@ Patches also contributed by
     Michael Scherle <michael.scherle@rz.uni-freiburg.de>
     Weishi Li <liweishi@kylinos.cn>
     Qiang Yu <yuq825@gmail.com>
+    Mohamed Akram <mohd.akram@outlook.com>
 
    ....send patches to get your name here...
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a81b5284..7684c5e3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ endforeach
 
 if host_machine.system() != 'windows'
   foreach dep : ['rt', 'm']
-    spice_server_deps += compiler.find_library(dep)
+    spice_server_deps += compiler.find_library(dep, required: false)
   endforeach
 else
   foreach dep : ['ws2_32', 'shlwapi']