diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ab9c4e74..c0857769 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ libm = cc.find_library('m', required : false)
 libdl = cc.find_library('dl', required : false)
 libx11 = dependency('x11', required : false)
 lua_dep = dependency('lua5.2', required : false)
-pcre2_dep = dependency('libpcre2', required : false)
+pcre2_dep = dependency('libpcre2-8')
 
 if not lua_dep.found()
     lua_subproject = subproject('lua', default_options: ['shared=false', 'use_readline=false', 'app=false'])
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 881014be..faa1a8ea 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ lite_sources = [
     'api/cp_replace.c',
     'api/renderer.c',
     'api/renderer_font.c',
+    'api/regex.c',
     'api/system.c',
     'renderer.c',
     'renwindow.c',
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ endif
 executable('lite',
     lite_sources + lite_rc,
     include_directories: [lite_include, font_renderer_include],
-    dependencies: [lua_dep, sdl_dep, libm, libdl, libx11],
+    dependencies: [lua_dep, sdl_dep, pcre2_dep, libm, libdl, libx11],
     c_args: lite_cargs,
     link_with: libfontrenderer,
     link_args: lite_link_args,