diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 9e0724371..4cd880a0a 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 ver 0.23.1 (not yet released)
+* fix libfmt linker problems
 
 ver 0.23 (2021/10/14)
 * protocol
diff --git a/src/lib/upnp/meson.build b/src/lib/upnp/meson.build
index 863f9d4a1..85ac8b648 100644
--- a/src/lib/upnp/meson.build
+++ b/src/lib/upnp/meson.build
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@ upnp = static_library(
   'Util.cxx',
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
+    log_dep,
     upnp_dep,
     curl_dep,
     expat_dep,
diff --git a/src/neighbor/plugins/meson.build b/src/neighbor/plugins/meson.build
index a9531322e..f998d0159 100644
--- a/src/neighbor/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/src/neighbor/plugins/meson.build
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ neighbor_plugins = static_library(
   neighbor_plugins_sources,
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
+    log_dep,
     dbus_dep,
     smbclient_dep,
     upnp_dep,
diff --git a/src/playlist/plugins/meson.build b/src/playlist/plugins/meson.build
index 53310572c..f5375bf99 100644
--- a/src/playlist/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/src/playlist/plugins/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ playlist_plugins_sources = [
 ]
 
 playlist_plugins_deps = [
+  log_dep,
   expat_dep,
   flac_dep,
 ]
diff --git a/src/storage/plugins/meson.build b/src/storage/plugins/meson.build
index 0d2705fcb..f17c414b1 100644
--- a/src/storage/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/src/storage/plugins/meson.build
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ storage_plugins = static_library(
   storage_plugins_sources,
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
+    log_dep,
     curl_dep,
     dbus_dep,
     expat_dep,
diff --git a/src/zeroconf/avahi/meson.build b/src/zeroconf/avahi/meson.build
index ea8774900..a1d951921 100644
--- a/src/zeroconf/avahi/meson.build
+++ b/src/zeroconf/avahi/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ avahi = static_library(
   'Publisher.cxx',
   include_directories: inc,
   dependencies: [
+    log_dep,
     libavahi_client,
   ],
 )
diff --git a/test/meson.build b/test/meson.build
index 5e6c9066b..21db24294 100644
--- a/test/meson.build
+++ b/test/meson.build
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ if enable_inotify
     '../src/db/update/InotifySource.cxx',
     include_directories: inc,
     dependencies: [
+      log_dep,
       event_dep,
       util_dep,
     ],