diff --git a/build/meson/lib/meson.build b/build/meson/lib/meson.build
index 1f4f8c25..2a8c55fb 100644
--- a/build/meson/lib/meson.build
+++ b/build/meson/lib/meson.build
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ libzstd_sources = [join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/entropy_common.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/compress/zstd_opt.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/compress/zstd_ldm.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/decompress/huf_decompress.c'),
-  join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/decompress/huf_decompress_amd64.S'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/decompress/zstd_decompress.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/decompress/zstd_decompress_block.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/decompress/zstd_ddict.c'),
@@ -46,6 +45,12 @@ libzstd_sources = [join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/common/entropy_common.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/dictBuilder/divsufsort.c'),
   join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/dictBuilder/zdict.c')]
 
+# really we need anything that defines __GNUC__ as that is what ZSTD_ASM_SUPPORTED is gated on
+# but these are the two compilers that are supported in tree and actually handle this correctly
+if [compiler_gcc, compiler_clang].contains(cc_id)
+  libzstd_sources += join_paths(zstd_rootdir, 'lib/decompress/huf_decompress_amd64.S')
+endif
+
 # Explicit define legacy support
 add_project_arguments('-DZSTD_LEGACY_SUPPORT=@0@'.format(legacy_level),
   language: 'c')