diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index aaf2aed..3fe8937 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ fribidi_sources = [
   'fribidi-shape.c',
 ]
 
+libsuffix = []
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows' and get_option('default_library') == 'static'
+  libsuffix = 'lib'
+endif
 libfribidi = library('fribidi',
   fribidi_sources, fribidi_unicode_version_h, fribidi_config_h,
   generated_tab_include_files, config_h,
@@ -78,7 +82,8 @@ libfribidi = library('fribidi',
   c_args: ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H', '-DFRIBIDI_BUILD'] + fribidi_static_cargs + visibility_args,
   version: libversion,
   soversion: soversion,
-  install: true)
+  install: true,
+  name_suffix: libsuffix)
 
 libfribidi_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: libfribidi,
   include_directories: incs,