diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 90d6aac..d26ef42 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
 m_dep = cc.find_library('m', required: false)
 capng_dep = dependency('libcap-ng', required: get_option('capng'))
 ncurses_dep = dependency('curses', required: get_option('ui'))
-numa_dep = dependency('numa', required: get_option('numa'))
+numa_dep = cc.find_library('numa', required: get_option('numa'))
 libnl_3_dep = dependency('libnl-3.0', required: get_option('thermal'))
 libnl_genl_3_dep = dependency('libnl-genl-3.0', required: get_option('thermal'))
 systemd_dep = dependency('libsystemd', required: get_option('systemd'))