diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 7fbe735bbe..3c57bde5a7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1333,7 +1333,9 @@ foreach tuple : [['myhostname', 'ENABLE_MYHOSTNAME'],
                         'src/nss-@0@/nss-@0@.c'.format(module),
                         version : '2',
                         include_directories : includes,
-                        link_args : ['-shared',
+                        # Note that we link NSS modules with '-z nodelete' so that mempools never get orphaned
+                        link_args : ['-Wl,-z,nodelete',
+                                     '-shared',
                                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + version_script_arg,
                                      '-Wl,--undefined'],
                         link_with : [libsystemd_internal,