diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index e872263..f332b8c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -102,6 +102,7 @@
 if get_option('pciutils')
   srcs += 'pcidev.c'
   deps += dependency('libpci')
+  need_raw_access = true
   cargs += '-DNEED_PCI=1'
 else
   config_atahpt = false