diff --git a/subprojects/log4cplus/meson.build b/subprojects/log4cplus/meson.build
index 34bc1c4bbd..033ae8679e 100644
--- a/subprojects/log4cplus/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/log4cplus/meson.build
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 project('log4cplus')
-log4cplus = cpp.find_library('log4cplus', required: false)
+cpp = meson.get_compiler('cpp')
+log4cplus = cpp.find_library('log4cplus')