diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1316366ed..daeaf3cb1 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ endif
 # Ensure that MSVC interprets all source code as UTF-8. Only do this when we're
 # not a subproject, because subprojects are not allowed to call
 # add_global_arguments().
-if not meson.is_subproject() and cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+if not meson.is_subproject() and cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
   add_global_arguments(
       cc.get_supported_arguments(['/utf-8']), # set the input encoding to utf-8
       language: ['c', 'cpp'])
@@ -316,7 +316,7 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'static'
     if cc.has_link_argument(link_arg)
       gstfull_link_args += link_arg
       link_deps += symbol_map
-    elif cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+    elif cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
       warning('FIXME: Provide a def file to publish the public symbols')
     else
       error('Failed to link with version script (' + symbol_map + '), check logs for details')