diff --git a/src/port/meson.build b/src/port/meson.build
index fd9ee199d1b..90f837248de 100644
--- a/src/port/meson.build
+++ b/src/port/meson.build
@@ -185,6 +185,7 @@ foreach name, opts : pgport_variants
   lib = static_library('libpgport@0@'.format(name),
       pgport_sources,
       link_with: cflag_libs,
+      link_whole: cflag_libs,
       c_pch: pch_c_h,
       kwargs: opts + {
         'dependencies': opts['dependencies'] + [ssl],