diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4fdb4c5405..fa104a3efd 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1935,12 +1935,13 @@ if curl.found()
     dependencies: [libgit_commonmain, curl],
   )
 
-  test_dependencies += executable('git-remote-http',
+  git_remote_http = executable('git-remote-http',
     sources: 'remote-curl.c',
     dependencies: [libgit_curl],
     install: true,
     install_dir: git_exec_path,
   )
+  test_dependencies += git_remote_http
 
   test_dependencies += executable('git-http-fetch',
     sources: 'http-fetch.c',
@@ -1960,7 +1961,7 @@ if curl.found()
 
   foreach alias : [ 'git-remote-https', 'git-remote-ftp', 'git-remote-ftps' ]
     test_dependencies += executable(alias,
-      sources: 'remote-curl.c',
+      objects: git_remote_http.extract_all_objects(recursive: false),
       dependencies: [libgit_curl],
     )