diff --git a/emper/meson.build b/emper/meson.build
index 241dc029c57eb75d445def9d180b5b721ed0b288..cea4820079a59198e76e0301554309aae4426e07 100644
--- a/emper/meson.build
+++ b/emper/meson.build
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ emper = library(
   install: true,
 )
 
+emper_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories : emper_all_include,
+  link_with : emper
+)
+
 
 emper_c_sources = [
   'c_emper.cpp',
@@ -57,3 +62,8 @@ emper_c = library(
   link_with: emper,
   install: true,
 )
+
+emper_c_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories : emper_all_include,
+  link_with : emper_c
+)