diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 24f9ef01b..51acbc407 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ endif
 
 build_shared = get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
 
-if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax() == 'msvc'
   if build_shared
     cc_export_define = '__declspec(dllexport) extern'
   else
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ gudev_dep = dependency ('gudev-1.0', required: get_option('v4l2'))
 
 aravis_public_dependencies = [glib_dep, gobject_dep, gio_dep]
 aravis_dependencies = [aravis_public_dependencies, xml2_dep, libz_dep, gmodule_dep]
-if cc.get_id()!='msvc'
+if cc.get_argument_syntax()!='msvc'
 	libm = cc.find_library ('m', required: true)
 	aravis_dependencies += libm
 endif