diff --git a/m4/virt-win-symbols.m4 b/m4/virt-win-symbols.m4
index dc5c5daa66..5ffee49187 100644
--- a/m4/virt-win-symbols.m4
+++ b/m4/virt-win-symbols.m4
@@ -19,16 +19,13 @@ dnl
 
 AC_DEFUN([LIBVIRT_WIN_CHECK_SYMBOLS], [
   LIBVIRT_ADMIN_SYMBOL_FILE=admin/libvirt_admin.syms
-  LIBVIRT_LXC_SYMBOL_FILE='$(srcdir)/libvirt_lxc.syms'
   case "$host" in
     *-*-mingw* )
       # Also set the symbol file to .def, so src/Makefile generates libvirt.def
       # from libvirt.syms and passes libvirt.def instead of libvirt.syms to the
       # linker
       LIBVIRT_ADMIN_SYMBOL_FILE=admin/libvirt_admin.def
-      LIBVIRT_LXC_SYMBOL_FILE=libvirt_lxc.def
       ;;
   esac
   AC_SUBST([LIBVIRT_ADMIN_SYMBOL_FILE])
-  AC_SUBST([LIBVIRT_LXC_SYMBOL_FILE])
 ])
diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 3dcc7b6793..f97e35ada1 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ INSTALL_DATA_LOCAL =
 UNINSTALL_LOCAL =
 SYM_FILES =
 USED_SYM_FILES =
-GENERATED_SYM_FILES =
 augeas_DATA =
 augeastest_DATA =
 conf_DATA =
@@ -63,10 +62,6 @@ COMMON_UNIT_VARS = \
 	-e 's|[@]sysconfdir[@]|$(sysconfdir)|g' \
 	$(NULL)
 
-# Set these variables before we include any of the subdirs as libvirt-admin.la
-# has to be installed after libvirt.la.
-lib_LTLIBRARIES += libvirt-lxc.la
-
 include util/Makefile.inc.am
 include security/Makefile.inc.am
 include access/Makefile.inc.am
@@ -208,9 +203,6 @@ check-local: check-protocol check-symfile check-symsorting \
 # All .syms files should be placed in exactly one of these three lists,
 # depending on whether they are stored in git and/or used in the build.
 SYM_FILES += $(USED_SYM_FILES)
-GENERATED_SYM_FILES += \
-	libvirt_lxc.def \
-	$(NULL)
 
 
 check-local: check-augeas
@@ -231,8 +223,6 @@ check-augeas: $(augeas_DATA) $(augeastest_DATA)
 AUG_GENTEST_SCRIPT = $(top_srcdir)/scripts/augeas-gentest.py
 AUG_GENTEST = $(RUNUTF8) $(PYTHON) $(AUG_GENTEST_SCRIPT)
 
-BUILT_SOURCES += $(GENERATED_SYM_FILES)
-
 if WITH_DTRACE_PROBES
 
 BUILT_SOURCES += libvirt_functions.stp
@@ -253,16 +243,6 @@ libvirt_functions.stp: $(RPC_PROBE_FILES) $(top_srcdir)/scripts/gensystemtap.py
 
 endif WITH_DTRACE_PROBES
 
-libvirt_lxc_la_SOURCES = libvirt-lxc.c
-libvirt_lxc_la_LDFLAGS = \
-		$(VERSION_SCRIPT_FLAGS)$(LIBVIRT_LXC_SYMBOL_FILE) \
-		-version-info $(LIBVIRT_VERSION_INFO) \
-		$(LIBVIRT_NODELETE) \
-		$(AM_LDFLAGS) \
-		$(NULL)
-libvirt_lxc_la_CFLAGS = $(AM_CFLAGS)
-libvirt_lxc_la_LIBADD = libvirt.la
-
 install-sysconfig:
 	$(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/sysconfig
 	for f in $(SYSCONF_FILES:%.sysconf=%) ; \
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 0b11c1fd32..a0240c0ef6 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -321,3 +321,55 @@ libvirt_qemu_lib = shared_library(
   version: libvirt_lib_version,
   soversion: libvirt_so_version,
 )
+
+
+# libvirt-lxc.so symbol files
+
+libvirt_lxc_syms = meson.current_source_dir() / 'libvirt_lxc.syms'
+libvirt_lxc_syms_file = libvirt_lxc_syms
+libvirt_lxc_syms_path = libvirt_lxc_syms
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  libvirt_lxc_def = custom_target(
+    'libvirt_lxc.def',
+    input: libvirt_lxc_syms,
+    output: 'libvirt_lxc.def',
+    command: [
+      meson_python_prog, python3_prog.path(), meson_gen_def_prog.path(),
+      '@INPUT@', '@OUTPUT@',
+    ],
+  )
+  libvirt_lxc_syms_file = libvirt_lxc_def
+  libvirt_lxc_syms_path = libvirt_lxc_def.full_path()
+endif
+
+
+# libvirt-lxc.so
+
+libvirt_lxc_syms_flags = '@0@@1@'.format(
+  version_script_flags,
+  libvirt_lxc_syms_path,
+)
+
+libvirt_lxc_lib = shared_library(
+  'virt-lxc',
+  'libvirt-lxc.c',
+  dependencies: [
+    apparmor_dep,
+    selinux_dep,
+    src_dep,
+  ],
+  link_args: [
+    libvirt_nodelete,
+    libvirt_lxc_syms_flags,
+  ],
+  link_with: [
+    libvirt_lib,
+  ],
+  link_depends: [
+    libvirt_lxc_syms_file,
+  ],
+  install: true,
+  install_rpath: libdir,
+  version: libvirt_lib_version,
+  soversion: libvirt_so_version,
+)