diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 843d823e3e..274e43ba9e 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2004,6 +2004,8 @@ libsystemd = shared_library(
         version : libsystemd_version,
         include_directories : libsystemd_includes,
         link_args : ['-shared',
+                     # Make sure our library is never deleted from memory, so that our open logging fds don't leak on dlopen/dlclose cycles.
+                     '-z', 'nodelete',
                      '-Wl,--version-script=' + libsystemd_sym_path],
         link_with : [libbasic,
                      libbasic_gcrypt,