diff --git a/lang/ninja/src/build.sld b/lang/ninja/src/build.sld
index 8fdcc21..d1298f9 100644
--- a/lang/ninja/src/build.sld
+++ b/lang/ninja/src/build.sld
@@ -59,6 +59,14 @@
               (fprintf (current-error-port) "Path doesn't exist as build edge: ~S\n" path)
               (error "Path doesn't exist as build edge" path))))
 
+      ; Workaround for Meson not adding the .so as build dependency when linking, instead using a .symbols file.
+      ; This makes sense, as it only relinks when symbols change, but it breaks the dependency link, and is the only
+      ; place this happens in Ninja file processing.
+      ; TODO: how does nix-ninja handle this?
+      (when (string-suffix? ".so.symbols" path)
+        (let ((index (string-contains path ".p/")))
+          (append-file (string-copy path 0 index)))))
+    
     ; Add the inputs, implicit dependencies, _and_ order-only dependencies to our vfs.
     (for-each append-file (build-edge-inputs current-edge))
     (for-each append-file (build-edge-implicit-dependencies current-edge))