diff --git a/src/makefiles/meson.build b/src/makefiles/meson.build
index 0def244c9011..c6edf14ec449 100644
--- a/src/makefiles/meson.build
+++ b/src/makefiles/meson.build
@@ -154,9 +154,10 @@ pgxs_bins = {
 pgxs_empty = [
   'ICU_CFLAGS', # needs to be added, included by public server headers
 
-  # hard to see why we'd need either?
+  # hard to see why we'd need these ones?
   'ZIC',
   'TCLSH',
+  'NM',
 
   # docs don't seem to be supported by pgxs
   'XMLLINT',