diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 392d2c8..703ae37 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ flags = '-Wl,--version-script=' + meson.current_source_dir() + '/libjose.map'
 code = 'int main() { return 0; }'
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
-if not cc.links(code, args: flags + ',--undefined-version' , name: '-Wl, --version-script=...')
+if not cc.links(code, args: flags + ',--undefined-version' , name: '-Wl,--version-script=...')
   flags = [ '-export-symbols-regex=^jose_.*' ]
 endif