diff --git a/src/tr1/meson.build b/src/tr1/meson.build
index 8d64aa758..adb10b8ea 100644
--- a/src/tr1/meson.build
+++ b/src/tr1/meson.build
@@ -7,8 +7,11 @@ project(
   ],
 )
 
+staticdeps = get_option('staticdeps')
+
 trx = subproject('libtrx', default_options: {
   'tr_version': '1',
+  'staticdeps': staticdeps,
 })
 c_compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
@@ -24,8 +27,6 @@ build_opts = [
 
 add_project_arguments(build_opts, language: 'c')
 
-staticdeps = get_option('staticdeps')
-
 # Always dynamically link on macOS
 if host_machine.system() == 'darwin'
   staticdeps = false
diff --git a/src/tr2/meson.build b/src/tr2/meson.build
index ae9389b41..b11690317 100644
--- a/src/tr2/meson.build
+++ b/src/tr2/meson.build
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ project('TR2X', ['c'],
   ],
 )
 
+staticdeps = get_option('staticdeps')
+
 trx = subproject('libtrx', default_options: {
   'tr_version': '2',
+  'staticdeps': staticdeps,
 })
 c_compiler = meson.get_compiler('c')
 
@@ -22,8 +25,6 @@ build_opts = [
 
 add_project_arguments(build_opts, language: 'c')
 
-staticdeps = get_option('staticdeps')
-
 null_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 dep_trx = trx.get_variable('dep_trx')
 dep_sdl2 = dependency('SDL2', static: staticdeps)