diff --git a/libxml++/meson.build b/libxml++/meson.build
index d51378e..93736f9 100644
--- a/libxml++/meson.build
+++ b/libxml++/meson.build
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
   extra_xmlxx_objects += xmlxx_res
 
   if xml2_is_subproject
-    xmlxx_all_deps += [winsock_dep]
+    xmlxx_all_deps += [winsock_dep, bcrypt_dep]
   endif
 endif
 
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bb7832d..ed0692a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ if not xml2_dep.found()
   thread_dep = dependency('threads', required: false)
   zlib_dep = dependency('zlib', required: false)
   winsock_dep = cpp_compiler.find_library('ws2_32', required: false)
+  bcrypt_dep = cpp_compiler.find_library('bcrypt', required: false)
   cmake_build_type = get_option('buildtype')
   if get_option('buildtype') == 'debugoptimized'
     cmake_build_type = 'RelWithDebInfo'