diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0d68f146fd..dfea903b60 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2069,6 +2069,8 @@ 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],
         link_whole : [libsystemd_static],