diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 508a0b65..fd37612b 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ set(SPDLOG_SRCS
         src/stdout_sinks.cpp
         src/color_sinks.cpp
         src/file_sinks.cpp
-        src/async.cpp)
+        src/async.cpp
+        src/cfg.cpp)
 
 
 if(NOT SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL AND NOT SPDLOG_FMT_EXTERNAL_HO)
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 1ab1e0a7..62a3d96f 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ spdlog_srcs = files([
     'src/color_sinks.cpp',
     'src/file_sinks.cpp',
     'src/spdlog.cpp',
-    'src/stdout_sinks.cpp'
+    'src/stdout_sinks.cpp',
+    'src/cfg.cpp'
 ])
 
 if not get_option('external_fmt')
diff --git a/src/cfg.cpp b/src/cfg.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1f4a4c7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/cfg.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+// Copyright(c) 2015-present, Gabi Melman & spdlog contributors.
+// Distributed under the MIT License (http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT)
+
+#ifndef SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB
+#error Please define SPDLOG_COMPILED_LIB to compile this file.
+#endif
+
+#include "spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h"
+
diff --git a/src/spdlog.cpp b/src/spdlog.cpp
index bd47ea8c..ec183c95 100644
--- a/src/spdlog.cpp
+++ b/src/spdlog.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 #include "spdlog/sinks/sink-inl.h"
 #include "spdlog/sinks/base_sink-inl.h"
 #include "spdlog/details/null_mutex.h"
-#include "spdlog/cfg/helpers-inl.h"
 
 #include <mutex>