diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 53a477c5..8b1454d7 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ endif
 
 thread_dep = dependency('threads')
 libzim_dep = dependency('libzim', version:['>=9.0.0', '<10.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
-libkiwix_dep = dependency('kiwix', version:['>=14.0.0', '<15.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
+libkiwix_dep = dependency('libkiwix', version:['>=14.0.0', '<15.0.0'], static:static_linkage)
 libdocopt_dep = dependency('docopt', static:static_linkage)
 
 all_deps = [thread_dep, libkiwix_dep, libzim_dep, libdocopt_dep]