diff --git a/nixd/tools/nix-ast-dump/meson.build b/nixd/tools/nix-ast-dump/meson.build
index 0b1d596ed..fd543e181 100644
--- a/nixd/tools/nix-ast-dump/meson.build
+++ b/nixd/tools/nix-ast-dump/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 nix_ast_dump = executable('nix-ast-dump', ['nix-ast-dump.cpp']
 , dependencies: [ boost
-                , nixdDeps
+                , nixdExpr
                 , nix_all
                 ]
 )