diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index c3e568fe3..3b4f5aa61 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -334,15 +334,15 @@ endif ()
 if (WIN32 AND HB_HAVE_GDI)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_GDI)
   list(APPEND project_headers ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/hb-gdi.h)
-  list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS gdi32)
-  list(APPEND PC_LIBS_PRIV -lgdi32)
+  list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS gdi32 user32)
+  list(APPEND PC_LIBS_PRIV -lgdi32 -luser32)
 endif ()
 
 if (WIN32 AND HB_HAVE_UNISCRIBE)
   add_definitions(-DHAVE_UNISCRIBE)
   list(APPEND project_headers ${PROJECT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/hb-uniscribe.h)
-  list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS usp10 gdi32 rpcrt4)
-  list(APPEND PC_LIBS_PRIV -lusp10 -lgdi32 -lrpcrt4)
+  list(APPEND THIRD_PARTY_LIBS usp10 gdi32 rpcrt4 user32)
+  list(APPEND PC_LIBS_PRIV -lusp10 -lgdi32 -lrpcrt4 -luser32)
 endif ()
 
 if (WIN32 AND HB_HAVE_DIRECTWRITE)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1eeec4291..863f0a860 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ if host_machine.system() == 'windows' and not get_option('gdi').disabled()
   endif
 
   gdi_deps_found = true
-  foreach usplib : ['usp10', 'gdi32', 'rpcrt4']
+  foreach usplib : ['usp10', 'gdi32', 'rpcrt4', 'user32']
     dep = cpp.find_library(usplib, required: get_option('gdi'))
     gdi_deps_found = gdi_deps_found and dep.found()
     gdi_uniscribe_deps += dep