diff --git a/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build b/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build
index 06208a3..31241ed 100644
--- a/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build
+++ b/libmalcontent-ui/meson.build
@@ -70,14 +70,14 @@ pkgconfig.generate(libmalcontent_ui,
   libraries_private: libmalcontent_ui_private_deps,
 )
 
-gnome.generate_gir(libmalcontent_ui,
+libmalcontent_ui_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libmalcontent_ui,
   sources: libmalcontent_ui_sources + libmalcontent_ui_headers + libmalcontent_ui_private_headers,
   nsversion: libmalcontent_ui_api_version,
   namespace: 'MalcontentUi',
   symbol_prefix: 'mct_',
   identifier_prefix: 'Mct',
   export_packages: 'libmalcontent-ui',
-  includes: ['AccountsService-1.0', 'Gio-2.0', 'GObject-2.0', 'Gtk-3.0'],
+  includes: ['AccountsService-1.0', 'Gio-2.0', 'GObject-2.0', 'Gtk-3.0', libmalcontent_gir[0]],
   install: true,
   dependencies: libmalcontent_ui_dep,
 )
diff --git a/libmalcontent/meson.build b/libmalcontent/meson.build
index 1aa0c45..a312823 100644
--- a/libmalcontent/meson.build
+++ b/libmalcontent/meson.build
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ pkgconfig.generate(libmalcontent,
   libraries_private: libmalcontent_private_deps,
 )
 
-gnome.generate_gir(libmalcontent,
+libmalcontent_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libmalcontent,
   sources: libmalcontent_sources + libmalcontent_headers + libmalcontent_private_headers,
   nsversion: libmalcontent_api_version,
   namespace: 'Malcontent',