diff --git a/src/egl/meson.build b/src/egl/meson.build
index 6aeb42f48b9..948dcd90670 100644
--- a/src/egl/meson.build
+++ b/src/egl/meson.build
@@ -208,7 +208,7 @@ libegl = shared_library(
   install : true,
   version : egl_lib_version,
   soversion : egl_lib_soversion,
-  name_prefix : 'lib', # even on windows
+  name_prefix : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? 'lib' : [],  # always use lib, but avoid warnings on !windows
   vs_module_defs : egl_def
 )
 
diff --git a/src/mapi/es1api/meson.build b/src/mapi/es1api/meson.build
index d0d89b46447..9ee093dd34e 100644
--- a/src/mapi/es1api/meson.build
+++ b/src/mapi/es1api/meson.build
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ libglesv1_cm = shared_library(
   soversion : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? '' : '1',
   version : '1.1.0',
   darwin_versions  : '3.0.0',
-  name_prefix : 'lib',
+  name_prefix : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? 'lib' : [],  # always use lib, but avoid warnings on !windows
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/mapi/es2api/meson.build b/src/mapi/es2api/meson.build
index 1156ee92e42..7bce741984e 100644
--- a/src/mapi/es2api/meson.build
+++ b/src/mapi/es2api/meson.build
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ libgles2 = shared_library(
   soversion : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? '' : '2',
   version : '2.0.0',
   darwin_versions : '3.0.0',
-  name_prefix : 'lib',
+  name_prefix : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? 'lib' : [],  # always use lib, but avoid warnings on !windows
   install : true,
 )
 
diff --git a/src/mapi/shared-glapi/meson.build b/src/mapi/shared-glapi/meson.build
index 0b5597e0913..ea27ce1acc9 100644
--- a/src/mapi/shared-glapi/meson.build
+++ b/src/mapi/shared-glapi/meson.build
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ libglapi = shared_library(
   dependencies : [dep_thread, dep_selinux, idep_mesautil],
   soversion : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? '' : '0',
   version : '0.0.0',
-  name_prefix : 'lib',
+  name_prefix : host_machine.system() == 'windows' ? 'lib' : [],  # always use lib, but avoid warnings on !windows
   install : true,
 )
 libglapi_build_dir = meson.current_build_dir()