diff --git a/src/nix/meson.build b/src/nix/meson.build
index e989e8016..61aac6b4d 100644
--- a/src/nix/meson.build
+++ b/src/nix/meson.build
@@ -229,6 +229,7 @@ foreach linkname : nix_symlinks
     env : {'MSYS' : 'winsymlinks:lnk'},
     # TODO(Ericson2314): Don't do this once we have the `meson.override_find_program` working)
     build_by_default : true,
+    depends : this_exe,
   )
   # TODO(Ericson3214): Doesn't yet work
   #meson.override_find_program(linkname, t)
@@ -250,6 +251,7 @@ custom_target(
   env : {'MSYS' : 'winsymlinks:lnk'},
   # TODO(Ericson2314): Don't do this once we have the `meson.override_find_program` working)
   build_by_default : true,
+  depends : this_exe,
 )
 # TODO(Ericson3214): Doesn't yet work
 #meson.override_find_program(linkname, t)