diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6c760b4..39fc074 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1185,6 +1185,7 @@
 blockdev_ss = ss.source_set()
 block_ss = ss.source_set()
 bsd_user_ss = ss.source_set()
+chardev_ss = ss.source_set()
 common_ss = ss.source_set()
 linux_user_ss = ss.source_set()
 qmp_ss = ss.source_set()
@@ -1469,6 +1470,12 @@
 
 qmp = declare_dependency(link_whole: [libqmp])
 
+libchardev = static_library('chardev', chardev_ss.sources() + genh,
+                            name_suffix: 'fa',
+                            build_by_default: false)
+
+chardev = declare_dependency(link_whole: libchardev)
+
 libhwcore = static_library('hwcore', sources: hwcore_files + genh,
                            name_suffix: 'fa',
                            build_by_default: false)