diff --git a/src/bin/pgevent/meson.build b/src/bin/pgevent/meson.build
index 5c2d296fef9..f7422438664 100644
--- a/src/bin/pgevent/meson.build
+++ b/src/bin/pgevent/meson.build
@@ -21,13 +21,11 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
   pgevent_link_args += '/ignore:4104'
 endif
 
-pgevent = shared_library('pgevent',
+pgevent = shared_module('pgevent',
   pgevent_sources,
   dependencies: [frontend_code],
   link_args: pgevent_link_args,
   vs_module_defs: 'pgevent.def',
-  kwargs: default_lib_args + {
-    'name_prefix': '',
-  },
+  kwargs: default_mod_args,
 )
 bin_targets += pgevent