diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4de1c5b..9730e42 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -241,12 +241,18 @@ endif
 
 add_project_arguments(cc.get_supported_arguments('-Wno-unused-parameter'), language : 'c')
 
-sym = cc.get_supported_link_arguments(
-  '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/json-c.sym'.format(
-    meson.current_source_dir(),
-  ),
+version_script_arg = '-Wl,--version-script,@0@/json-c.sym'.format(
+  meson.current_source_dir(),
 )
 
+sym = []
+if cc.has_link_argument(version_script_arg) or cc.has_multi_link_arguments(
+  version_script_arg,
+  '-Wl,--undefined-version',
+)
+  sym = [version_script_arg]
+endif
+
 # Source files
 sources = files(
   'arraylist.c', 'debug.c', 'json_c_version.c', 'json_object.c',