diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a4421dd6..53883266 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ if not get_option('source-only')
     if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
         # Note that we need to explicitly add the windows socket DLL because
         # the pkg-config file from reproc does not include it.
-        lite_deps += meson.get_compiler('cpp').find_library('ws2_32', required: true)
+        lite_deps += meson.get_compiler('c').find_library('ws2_32', required: true)
     endif
 endif
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