diff --git a/guix/build/meson-build-system.scm b/guix/build/meson-build-system.scm
index d11a5d8e18e..b84a77c0f59 100644
--- a/guix/build/meson-build-system.scm
+++ b/guix/build/meson-build-system.scm
@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
                                             includedir "/include"))
                        '())
                  ,(string-append "--buildtype=" build-type)
+                 "--wrap-mode=nofallback"
                  ,(string-append "-Dc_link_args=-Wl,-rpath="
                                  (assoc-ref outputs "out") "/lib")
                  ,(string-append "-Dcpp_link_args=-Wl,-rpath="