diff --git a/build/meson/programs/meson.build b/build/meson/programs/meson.build
index 0704155d8..55ebf166c 100644
--- a/build/meson/programs/meson.build
+++ b/build/meson/programs/meson.build
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@ zstd_programs_sources = [join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/zstdcli.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/benchzstd.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/datagen.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/dibio.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/zstdcli_trace.c'),
-  # needed due to use of private symbol + -fvisibility=hidden
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/xxhash.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/pool.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/zstd_common.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/error_private.c')]
+  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/zstdcli_trace.c')]
 
 zstd_deps = [ libzstd_dep ]
 zstd_c_args = libzstd_debug_cflags
@@ -75,6 +70,12 @@ zstd = executable('zstd',
   zstd_programs_sources,
   c_args: zstd_c_args,
   dependencies: zstd_deps,
+  # needed due to use of private symbol + -fvisibility=hidden
+  objects: libzstd.extract_objects(
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/xxhash.c'),
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/pool.c'),
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/zstd_common.c'),
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/error_private.c')),
   export_dynamic: export_dynamic_on_windows, # Since Meson 0.45.0
   install: true)
 
@@ -82,16 +83,18 @@ zstd_frugal_sources = [join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/zstdcli.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/timefn.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/util.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/fileio.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/fileio_asyncio.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/pool.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/zstd_common.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/error_private.c')]
+  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'programs/fileio_asyncio.c')]
 
 # Minimal target, with only zstd compression and decompression.
 # No bench. No legacy.
 executable('zstd-frugal',
   zstd_frugal_sources,
   dependencies: zstd_frugal_deps,
+  # needed due to use of private symbol + -fvisibility=hidden
+  objects: libzstd.extract_objects(
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/pool.c'),
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/zstd_common.c'),
+    join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/error_private.c')),
   c_args: zstd_frugal_c_args,
   install: true)