diff --git a/drivers/dma/skeleton/skeleton_dmadev.c b/drivers/dma/skeleton/skeleton_dmadev.c
index 2952417126..d9e4f731d7 100644
--- a/drivers/dma/skeleton/skeleton_dmadev.c
+++ b/drivers/dma/skeleton/skeleton_dmadev.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ skeldma_stop(struct rte_dma_dev *dev)
 	hw->exit_flag = true;
 	rte_delay_ms(1);
 
-	pthread_cancel(hw->thread);
+	(void)pthread_cancel(hw->thread);
 	pthread_join(hw->thread, NULL);
 
 	return 0;
diff --git a/lib/meson.build b/lib/meson.build
index 1a8ac30c4d..fa8541bca2 100644
--- a/lib/meson.build
+++ b/lib/meson.build
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ if is_windows
             'net',
             'meter',
             'ethdev',
+            'dmadev',
             'pci',
             'cmdline',
             'metrics',