diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index fa955125c13eca833356c89b9884f87552e42c87..a062ca70f14ee6700f4f01db6a2f2fa9bdcae1ab 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -198,7 +198,11 @@ else # Octave build
 
   octave_incflags = run_command(mkoctfile_exe, '-p', 'INCFLAGS', check : true).stdout().split()
   octlibdir = run_command(mkoctfile_exe, '-p', 'OCTLIBDIR', check : true).stdout().strip()
-  octave_libs = run_command(mkoctfile_exe, '-p', 'OCTAVE_LIBS', check : true).stdout().split()
+  if octave_version.version_compare('<10')
+    octave_libs = run_command(mkoctfile_exe, '-p', 'OCTAVE_LIBS', check : true).stdout().split()
+  else
+    octave_libs = run_command(mkoctfile_exe, '-p', 'LIBOCTMEX', check : true).stdout().split()
+  endif
 
   octave_link_args = []
 
diff --git a/windows/deps/mkoctfile64 b/windows/deps/mkoctfile64
index e1e8440bdf539b12eb28dc840cedeb7b90bff0d2..a1bb1931a9ad94e621b03afccd1985726edb1823 100755
--- a/windows/deps/mkoctfile64
+++ b/windows/deps/mkoctfile64
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ fi
 
 : ${OCTAVE_LIBS="$LIBOCTINTERP $LIBOCTAVE $SPECIAL_MATH_LIB"}
 
+: ${LIBOCTMEX="-loctmex"}
+
 # Local variables.
 
 FFTW_LIBS="$FFTW3_LDFLAGS $FFTW3_LIBS $FFTW3F_LDFLAGS $FFTW3F_LIBS"