diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index b2f2816..d0ad836 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -237,7 +237,8 @@ libgtd = shared_library(
             soversion: soversion,
   include_directories: incs,
          dependencies: gtd_deps,
-               c_args: cflags
+               c_args: cflags,
+              install: true
 )
 
 libgtd_dep = declare_dependency(