diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index dc47214331d..6181c1439ed 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2069,6 +2069,9 @@ if with_platform_x11
   if with_xlib_lease
     dep_xlib_xrandr = dependency('xrandr', version : '>= 1.3')
   endif
+elif with_gallium_rusticl
+  # needed for GL sharing extension
+  dep_x11 = dependency('x11')
 endif
 
 if with_dri
diff --git a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/meson.build b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/meson.build
index f6c28da414e..ee9d8c3fcd6 100644
--- a/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/frontends/rusticl/meson.build
@@ -154,6 +154,9 @@ rusticl_opencl_bindings_rs = rust.bindgen(
   include_directories : [
     inc_include,
   ],
+  dependencies : [
+    dep_x11,
+  ],
   c_args : [
     rusticl_bindgen_c_args,
     cl_c_args,