diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 11b73bcb199..9dabf342d23 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ libjournal_core = static_library(
 libsystemd_sym_path = '@0@/@1@'.format(meson.current_source_dir(), libsystemd_sym)
 libsystemd = shared_library(
         'systemd',
-        libsystemd_internal_sources,
+        libsystemd_sources,
         journal_internal_sources,
         version : libsystemd_version,
         include_directories : includes,
@@ -1338,7 +1338,7 @@ foreach tuple : [['myhostname', 'ENABLE_MYHOSTNAME'],
                                      '-shared',
                                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + version_script_arg,
                                      '-Wl,--undefined'],
-                        link_with : [libsystemd_internal,
+                        link_with : [libsystemd_static,
                                      libbasic],
                         dependencies : [threads,
                                         librt],
@@ -1576,7 +1576,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_LOGIND') == 1
                         include_directories : includes,
                         link_args : ['-shared',
                                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + version_script_arg],
-                        link_with : [libsystemd_internal,
+                        link_with : [libsystemd_static,
                                      libshared_static],
                         dependencies : [threads,
                                         libpam,
diff --git a/src/libsystemd/meson.build b/src/libsystemd/meson.build
index 4abf50b1113..b305af159c9 100644
--- a/src/libsystemd/meson.build
+++ b/src/libsystemd/meson.build
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 sd_login_c = files('sd-login/sd-login.c')
 
-libsystemd_internal_sources = files('''
+libsystemd_sources = files('''
         sd-bus/bus-bloom.c
         sd-bus/bus-bloom.h
         sd-bus/bus-common-errors.c
@@ -93,9 +93,9 @@ libsystemd_internal_sources = files('''
         sd-utf8/sd-utf8.c
 '''.split()) + sd_login_c
 
-libsystemd_internal = static_library(
+libsystemd_static = static_library(
         'systemd',
-        libsystemd_internal_sources,
+        libsystemd_sources,
         install : false,
         include_directories : includes,
         link_with : libbasic,
diff --git a/src/libudev/meson.build b/src/libudev/meson.build
index 30d6721b608..09cf762c273 100644
--- a/src/libudev/meson.build
+++ b/src/libudev/meson.build
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ libudev = shared_library(
         link_args : ['-shared',
                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + libudev_sym_path],
         link_with : [libbasic,
-                     libsystemd_internal],
+                     libsystemd_static],
         dependencies : [threads],
         link_depends : libudev_sym,
         install : true,
diff --git a/src/shared/meson.build b/src/shared/meson.build
index 06a944c49df..4620eaa007a 100644
--- a/src/shared/meson.build
+++ b/src/shared/meson.build
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ libshared = shared_library(
         shared_sources,
         basic_sources,
         journal_internal_sources,
-        libsystemd_internal_sources,
+        libsystemd_sources,
         libudev_sources,
         include_directories : includes,
         link_args : ['-shared',
diff --git a/src/test/meson.build b/src/test/meson.build
index 6bb5bd629e3..dcec53fa515 100644
--- a/src/test/meson.build
+++ b/src/test/meson.build
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ tests += [
           'src/test/test-helper.c'],
          [libcore,
           libudev,
-          libsystemd_internal],
+          libsystemd_static],
          [threads,
           librt,
           libseccomp,
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ tests += [
 
         [['src/libsystemd/sd-bus/test-bus-error.c'],
          [libshared_static,
-          libsystemd_internal],
+          libsystemd_static],
          []],
 
         [['src/libsystemd/sd-bus/test-bus-track.c'],
diff --git a/src/udev/meson.build b/src/udev/meson.build
index 3b2c7b5e124..fc06d6f85aa 100644
--- a/src/udev/meson.build
+++ b/src/udev/meson.build
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ if get_option('link-udev-shared')
         udev_rpath = rootlibexecdir
 else
         udev_link_with = [libshared_static,
-                          libsystemd_internal]
+                          libsystemd_static]
         udev_rpath = ''
 endif