diff --git a/src/meshIO/meson.build b/src/meshIO/meson.build
index 1ea870a..fa71a68 100644
--- a/src/meshIO/meson.build
+++ b/src/meshIO/meson.build
@@ -15,5 +15,9 @@ libmeshIO = static_library('meshIO',
     dependencies: [mfem_dep],
     install : true)
 
-# Make headers accessible
-install_headers(meshIO_headers, subdir : '4DSSE/meshIO')
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+meshio_dep = declare_dependency(
+    include_directories: include_directories('public'),
+    link_with: libmeshIO,
+    sources: meshIO_sources,
+    dependencies: [mfem_dep]
+)
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