diff --git a/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py b/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py
index 9605f920d..6b431b923 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/cmake/fileapi.py
@@ -156,9 +156,6 @@ class CMakeFileAPI:
                 if i['role'] == 'flags':
                     link_flags += [i['fragment']]
 
-            # TODO The `dependencies` entry is new in the file API.
-            #      maybe we can make use of that in addition to the
-            #      implicit dependency detection
             tgt_data = {
                 'artifacts': [Path(x.get('path', '')) for x in tgt.get('artifacts', [])],
                 'sourceDirectory': src_dir,
@@ -172,6 +169,8 @@ class CMakeFileAPI:
                 'linkFlags': ' '.join(link_flags),     # See previous comment block why we join the array
                 'type': tgt.get('type', 'EXECUTABLE'),
                 'fileGroups': [],
+                'cmakeId': tgt.get('id', ''),
+                'dependencies': [dep.get('id', '') for dep in tgt.get('dependencies', [])],
             }
 
             processed_src_idx = []
@@ -257,6 +256,27 @@ class CMakeFileAPI:
 
             return pro_data
 
+        def find_target(cnf_data: T.Dict[str, T.Any], id: str) -> T.Optional[T.Dict[str, T.Any]]:
+            for project in cnf_data['projects']:
+                for target in project['targets']:  # type: T.Dict[str, T.Any]
+                    if target['cmakeId'] == id:
+                        return target
+            return None
+
+        def flatten_dependencies(cnf_data: T.Dict[str, T.Any]) -> None:
+            for project in cnf_data['projects']:
+                for target in project['targets']:
+                    for dep_id in target.get('dependencies', '[]'):
+                        dep = find_target(cnf_data, dep_id)
+                        if dep is None:
+                            mlog.warning('CMake: unknown target id', mlog.bold(dep_id), 'as a dependency of target', mlog.bold(target['name']))
+                            continue
+
+                        if dep['type'] == 'STATIC_LIBRARY':
+                            if target['linkLibraries']:
+                                target['linkLibraries'] += ' '
+                            target['linkLibraries'] += ' '.join(str(a) for a in dep['artifacts'])
+
         for cnf in data.get('configurations', []):
             cnf_data = {
                 'name': cnf.get('name', ''),
@@ -266,6 +286,7 @@ class CMakeFileAPI:
             for pro in cnf.get('projects', []):
                 cnf_data['projects'] += [parse_project(pro)]
 
+            flatten_dependencies(cnf_data)
             self.cmake_configurations += [CMakeConfiguration(cnf_data)]
 
     def _parse_cmakeFiles(self, data: T.Dict[str, T.Any]) -> None:
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/main.cc b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/main.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..82314c550
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/main.cc	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <libc.h>
+
+int main() {
+    c();
+}
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/meson.build b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb6ce8c92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/meson.build	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+project('cmake-static-lib-subproject', 'cpp')
+
+libc = import('cmake').subproject('liba').dependency('libc')
+executable('main', 'main.cc', dependencies: [libc])
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/CMakeLists.txt b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..560c3e8c4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/CMakeLists.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.20)
+project(liba CXX)
+add_subdirectory(libb)
+add_subdirectory(libc)
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/CMakeLists.txt b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3ce916ce4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/CMakeLists.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+project(libb CXX)
+add_library(libb src/libb.cc)
+target_include_directories(libb INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/src/libb.cc b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/src/libb.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..999145f54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/src/libb.cc	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void b() {}
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/src/libb.h b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/src/libb.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8bc68e091
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libb/src/libb.h	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void b();
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/CMakeLists.txt b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8fdcee049
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/CMakeLists.txt	
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+project(libc CXX)
+add_library(libc src/libc.cc)
+target_link_libraries(libc libb)
+target_include_directories(libc INTERFACE ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src)
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/src/libc.cc b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/src/libc.cc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..465c5bf83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/src/libc.cc	
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+#include <libb.h>
+
+void c() {
+    b();
+}
diff --git a/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/src/libc.h b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/src/libc.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d7b7552e8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test cases/cmake/27 cmake static lib subproject/subprojects/liba/libc/src/libc.h	
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+void c();