diff --git a/config/meson.build b/config/meson.build
index 0dde249..64f7d1c 100644
--- a/config/meson.build
+++ b/config/meson.build
@@ -181,12 +181,10 @@ if meson.is_cross_build() and not meson.get_cross_property('numa', true)
     find_libnuma = false
 endif
 if find_libnuma
-    numa_dep = cc.find_library('numa', required: false)
-    if numa_dep.found() and cc.has_header('numaif.h')
+    numa_dep = dependency('numa', method: 'pkg-config')
+    if numa_dep.found()
         dpdk_conf.set10('RTE_HAS_LIBNUMA', true)
         has_libnuma = 1
-        add_project_link_arguments('-lnuma', language: 'c')
-        dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-lnuma'
     endif
 endif
 
@@ -211,8 +209,6 @@ if libarchive.found()
     # Push libarchive link dependency at the project level to support
     # statically linking dpdk apps. Details at:
     # https://inbox.dpdk.org/dev/20210605004024.660267a1@sovereign/
-    add_project_link_arguments('-larchive', language: 'c')
-    dpdk_extra_ldflags += '-larchive'
 endif
 
 # check for libbsd
diff --git a/lib/eal/linux/meson.build b/lib/eal/linux/meson.build
index 65f2ac6..3e023f8 100644
--- a/lib/eal/linux/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/linux/meson.build
@@ -23,5 +23,6 @@ sources += files(
 
 deps += ['kvargs', 'telemetry']
 if has_libnuma == 1
+    ext_deps += numa_dep
     dpdk_conf.set10('RTE_EAL_NUMA_AWARE_HUGEPAGES', true)
 endif
diff --git a/lib/eal/meson.build b/lib/eal/meson.build
index 056beb9..04bd3fe 100644
--- a/lib/eal/meson.build
+++ b/lib/eal/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,9 @@ endif
 if dpdk_conf.has('RTE_USE_LIBBSD')
     ext_deps += libbsd
 endif
+if dpdk_conf.has('RTE_HAS_LIBARCHIVE')
+    ext_deps += libarchive
+endif
 if cc.has_function('getentropy', prefix : '#include <unistd.h>')
     cflags += '-DRTE_LIBEAL_USE_GETENTROPY'
 endif
diff --git a/lib/vhost/meson.build b/lib/vhost/meson.build
index bc72720..83970c7 100644
--- a/lib/vhost/meson.build
+++ b/lib/vhost/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ if not is_linux
     reason = 'only supported on Linux'
 endif
 if has_libnuma == 1
+    ext_deps += numa_dep
     dpdk_conf.set10('RTE_LIBRTE_VHOST_NUMA', true)
 endif
 if (toolchain == 'gcc' and cc.version().version_compare('>=8.3.0'))