diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 5e05eb0c37b..51baa40450f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ with_split_debug = get_option('split-debug') \
     error_message : 'split-debug requires the linker argument -Wl,--gdb-index')
 
 if with_split_debug.allowed() and get_option('debug')
-  add_project_arguments('-gsplit-dwarf', langauge : ['c', 'cpp'])
+  add_project_arguments('-gsplit-dwarf', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
   add_project_link_arguments('-Wl,--gdb-index', language : ['c', 'cpp'])
 endif