diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 8766e7b018..39c427cd26 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1409,6 +1409,7 @@ install_libsystemd_static = static_library(
         journal_client_sources,
         basic_sources,
         basic_gcrypt_sources,
+        disable_mempool_c,
         include_directories : includes,
         build_by_default : static_libsystemd != 'false',
         install : static_libsystemd != 'false',
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index 5d1d75e749..aba50eb6b7 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -124,6 +124,7 @@ install_libudev_static = static_library(
         shared_sources,
         libsystemd_sources,
         libudev_sources,
+        disable_mempool_c,
         include_directories : includes,
         build_by_default : static_libudev != 'false',
         install : static_libudev != 'false',