--- a/meson.build	Mon Aug 22 03:58:14 2016 -0400
+++ b/meson.build	Mon Aug 22 04:07:00 2016 -0400
@@ -1692,7 +1692,7 @@
 	if compiler.has_function('sasl_client_init', args : '-lsasl2')
 		USE_CYRUS_SASL = true
 		conf.set('HAVE_CYRUS_SASL', true)
-		SASL_LIBS = '-lsasl2'
+		sasl = declare_dependency(link_args : '-lsasl2')
 	else
 		USE_CYRUS_SASL = false
 		error('Cyrus SASL library not found')
@@ -1700,6 +1700,9 @@
 else
 	USE_CYRUS_SASL = false
 endif
+if not USE_CYRUS_SASL
+	sasl = declare_dependency()
+endif
 
 #######################################################################
 # Check for Kerberos (for Zephyr)