diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index ac6f597c6188..692ca5899f3a 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ libcamera_deps = [
     cc.find_library('dl'),
     libudev,
     dependency('threads'),
+    declare_dependency(sources : [control_headers])
 ]
 
 libcamera_link_with = []