diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 73899c0..99a70d0 100755
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ args = []
 inc = []
 deps = [
   dependency('uuid'),
+  dependency('portaudio-2.0', required: true)
 ]
 
 subdir('src')