diff --git a/sw/host/spiflash/meson.build b/sw/host/spiflash/meson.build
index 68b95ec..9a0406c 100644
--- a/sw/host/spiflash/meson.build
+++ b/sw/host/spiflash/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@
   implicit_include_directories: false,
   dependencies: [
     dependency('libcrypto', native: true),
+    # The libftdi1 dependency needs to be explicit to manage
+    # include paths on some systems.
+    dependency('libftdi1', native: true),
     libmpsse
   ],
   native: true,