diff --git a/src/common/meson.build b/src/common/meson.build
index 9efc80ac024..3e06ca11117 100644
--- a/src/common/meson.build
+++ b/src/common/meson.build
@@ -161,6 +161,7 @@ foreach name, opts : pgcommon_variants
 
   lib = static_library('libpgcommon@0@'.format(name),
       link_with: cflag_libs,
+      link_whole: cflag_libs,
       c_pch: pch_c_h,
       include_directories: include_directories('.'),
       kwargs: opts + {