diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6bd4aec8b32..a49bb60368e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ else
   message('ncc_incdir:', ncc_incdir)
   message('ncc_libdir:', ncc_libdir)
   netcdf = fc.find_library('netcdff', dirs: [ nc_dir / '.libs' ], required : true, static : true)
-  ncclib = fc.find_library('netcdf', dirs: [ ncc_libdir ], required : true)
+  ncclib = fc.find_library('netcdf', dirs: [ ncc_libdir ], required : true, static: true)
   nc_incdir = include_directories([ nc_dir, ncc_incdir ])
   #TODO: fix
   dependencies += [ ncclib ]