--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
 
 cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
 
+rtmidi_dep = dependency('rtmidi')
+
 # Jack API (portable)
 jack2_dep = dependency('jack', version: '>=1.9.11', required: false)
 jack1_dep = dependency('jack', version: ['>=0.125.0', '<1.0'], required: false)
--- a/rtmidi/meson.build
+++ b/rtmidi/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # https://mesonbuild.com/Python-module.html
 
 defines = []
-dependencies = [python.dependency()]
+dependencies = [python.dependency(), rtmidi_dep]
 link_args = []
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'darwin' and coremidi_dep.found() and get_option('coremidi')
@@ -47,11 +47,10 @@
 # Build and install the extension module
 module = python.extension_module(
     '_rtmidi',
-    [rtmidi_cython, rtmidi_sources],
+    [rtmidi_cython],
     dependencies: dependencies,
     cpp_args: defines,
     link_args: link_args,
-    include_directories: rtmidi_inc,
     install: true,
     subdir: 'rtmidi',
 )
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 fs = import('fs')
 
-rtmidi_sources = files([
-    'rtmidi/RtMidi.cpp',
-])
-rtmidi_inc = include_directories('.', 'rtmidi')
 rtmidi_mod_pyx = '_rtmidi.pyx'
 rtmidi_mod_cpp = '_rtmidi.cpp'
 
@@ -16,7 +12,6 @@
         'rtmidi_cython',
         output: rtmidi_mod_cpp,
         input: rtmidi_mod_pyx,
-        depend_files: [rtmidi_sources],
         command: [cython, '-3', '--cplus', '-o', '@OUTPUT@', '@INPUT@'],
     )
 else