diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9a98f0c86a0..f7ddd75e9ce 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -876,10 +876,17 @@ endif
 
 libxsltopt = get_option('libxslt')
 if not libxsltopt.disabled()
-  libxslt = dependency('libxslt', required: false)
-  # Unfortunately the dependency is named differently with cmake
-  if not libxslt.found() # combine with above once meson 0.60.0 is required
-    libxslt = dependency('LibXslt', required: libxsltopt, method: 'cmake')
+  if host_system != 'windows'
+    libxslt = dependency('libxslt', required: false)
+    # Unfortunately the dependency is named differently with cmake
+    if not libxslt.found() # combine with above once meson 0.60.0 is required
+      libxslt = dependency('LibXslt', required: libxsltopt, method: 'cmake')
+    endif
+  else
+    libxslt = dependency('libxslt', required: false)
+    if not libxslt.found()
+      libxslt = cc.find_library('libxslt', required: libxsltopt, dirs: postgres_lib_d)
+    endif
   endif
 
   if libxslt.found()