diff --git a/src/report/meson.build b/src/report/meson.build
index cc2cea521e..2c49a97fbf 100644
--- a/src/report/meson.build
+++ b/src/report/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: LGPL-2.1-or-later
 
-executables += [
-        libexec_template + {
+report_executables = [
+        {
                 'name' : 'systemd-report',
                 'public' : true,
-                'sources' : files(
+                'export' : files(
                         'report.c',
                         'report-generate.c',
                         'report-sign.c',
@@ -14,43 +14,63 @@ executables += [
                         libcurl_cflags,
                 ],
         },
-
-        libexec_template + {
+        {
                 'name' : 'systemd-report-basic',
                 'public' : true,
-                'sources' : files(
-                        'report-basic-server.c',
+                'export' : files(
                         'report-basic.c',
+                        'report-basic-server.c',
                 ),
         },
-        libexec_template + {
+        {
                 'name' : 'systemd-report-cgroup',
-                'sources' : files(
+                'export' : files(
                         'report-cgroup.c',
                         'report-cgroup-server.c',
                 ),
         },
-        libexec_template + {
+        {
                 'name' : 'systemd-report-files',
-                'sources' : files(
+                'export' : files(
                         'report-files.c',
                         'report-files-server.c',
                 ),
         },
-        libexec_template + {
+        {
                 'name' : 'systemd-report-sign-plain',
-                'sources' : files(
+                'export' : files(
                         'report-sign-plain.c',
                 ),
                 'dependencies' : libopenssl_cflags,
-                'conditions' : [
-                        'HAVE_OPENSSL',
-                ],
+                'conditions' : ['HAVE_OPENSSL'],
         },
-        libexec_template + {
+        {
                 'name' : 'systemd-report-sign-tsm',
-                'sources' : files(
+                'export' : files(
                         'report-sign-tsm.c',
                 ),
         },
 ]
+
+foreach exe : report_executables
+        exe2 = {
+                'name' : exe['name'] + '.standalone',
+                'import' : [exe['name']],
+                'link_with' : [
+                        libc_wrapper_static,
+                        libbasic_static,
+                        libshared_static,
+                        libsystemd_static,
+                ]
+        }
+        foreach optional : ['public', 'dependencies', 'conditions']
+                if optional in exe
+                        exe2 += { optional : exe[optional] }
+                endif
+        endforeach
+
+        executables += [
+                libexec_template + exe,
+                libexec_template + exe2,
+        ]
+endforeach