diff --git a/pandas/_libs/meson.build b/pandas/_libs/meson.build
index 53f67c3eba94e1..d441718d509fd7 100644
--- a/pandas/_libs/meson.build
+++ b/pandas/_libs/meson.build
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ subdir('tslibs')
 libs_sources = {
     # Dict of extension name -> dict of {sources, include_dirs, and deps}
     # numpy include dir is implicitly included
-    'algos': {'sources': ['algos.pyx', _algos_common_helper, _algos_take_helper, _khash_primitive_helper]},
-    'arrays': {'sources': ['arrays.pyx', _khash_primitive_helper]},
+    'algos': {'sources': ['algos.pyx', _algos_common_helper, _algos_take_helper], 'deps': _khash_primitive_helper_dep},
+    'arrays': {'sources': ['arrays.pyx'], 'deps': _khash_primitive_helper_dep},
     'groupby': {'sources': ['groupby.pyx']},
     'hashing': {'sources': ['hashing.pyx']},
-    'hashtable': {'sources': ['hashtable.pyx', _khash_primitive_helper, _hashtable_class_helper, _hashtable_func_helper]},
-    'index': {'sources': ['index.pyx', _index_class_helper, _khash_primitive_helper]},
+    'hashtable': {'sources': ['hashtable.pyx'], 'deps': [ _khash_primitive_helper_dep, _hashtable_class_helper, _hashtable_func_helper_dep]},
+    'index': {'sources': ['index.pyx', _index_class_helper], 'deps': _khash_primitive_helper_dep},
     'indexing': {'sources': ['indexing.pyx']},
     'internals': {'sources': ['internals.pyx']},
     'interval': {'sources': ['interval.pyx', _intervaltree_helper],