diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index d72da267e..321615704 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ sources = [
 if is_windows
   sources += [
     'src/win32/Win32Main.cxx',
-    'src/win32/ComWorker.cxx',
   ]
 endif
 
@@ -360,6 +359,7 @@ subdir('src/system')
 subdir('src/thread')
 subdir('src/net')
 subdir('src/event')
+subdir('src/win32')
 
 subdir('src/apple')
 
diff --git a/src/output/plugins/meson.build b/src/output/plugins/meson.build
index 8d48674ae..53c92b9f4 100644
--- a/src/output/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/src/output/plugins/meson.build
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ if is_windows
   wasapi_dep = [
     c_compiler.find_library('ksuser', required: true),
     c_compiler.find_library('ole32', required: true),
+    win32_dep,
   ]
 else
   wasapi_dep = dependency('', required: false)
diff --git a/src/win32/meson.build b/src/win32/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4d70e3861
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/win32/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+if not is_windows
+  win32_dep = declare_dependency('', required: false)
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+win32 = static_library(
+  'win32',
+  'ComWorker.cxx',
+  include_directories: inc,
+)
+
+win32_dep = declare_dependency(
+  link_with: win32,
+  dependencies: [
+    thread_dep,
+  ],
+)