diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
index 99c75b8aec1f8..2a5d9fddf6ba0 100644
--- a/meson_options.txt
+++ b/meson_options.txt
@@ -163,6 +163,12 @@ option(
   value : 'disabled',
   description : 'build gallium "clover" OpenCL frontend.',
 )
+option(
+  'gallium-windows-dll-name',
+  type : 'string',
+  value : 'libgallium_wgl',
+  description : 'name of gallium megadriver DLL built for Windows. defaults to libgallium_wgl.dll to match DRI',
+)
 option(
   'opencl-spirv',
   type : 'boolean',
diff --git a/src/gallium/targets/wgl/meson.build b/src/gallium/targets/wgl/meson.build
index 2999ee5492ec4..435bc05ff248f 100644
--- a/src/gallium/targets/wgl/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/targets/wgl/meson.build
@@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ wgl_def = custom_target(
              '--compiler_id', cc.get_argument_syntax(), '--cpu_family', host_machine.cpu_family()]
 )
 
+gallium_wgl_name = get_option('gallium-windows-dll-name')
 libgallium_wgl = shared_library(
-  'gallium_wgl',
+  gallium_wgl_name,
   ['wgl.c'],
   vs_module_defs : wgl_def,
   include_directories : [
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ libgallium_wgl = shared_library(
     driver_d3d12, driver_zink, winsys_d3d12_wgl
   ],
   link_args : gallium_wgl_link_args,
-  name_prefix : 'lib',
+  name_prefix : '',
   install : true,
 )
 libgallium_wgl_build_dir = meson.current_build_dir()