diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fb783dda91c3ebf82087b7696295c993a1206853..eaa47e2cc5ae36e771a8c1cce1572c6c42f66ea3 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -566,7 +566,7 @@ endif
 # location of libiberty.h
 #
 if compiler.find_library('iberty',
-                         required:false)
+                         required:false).found()
     if compiler.has_header('libiberty.h',
                            args: cflags,
                            include_directories: include_directories(incdirs))