diff --git a/ui/meson.build b/ui/meson.build
index 0ccb3387ee..0f09d31c60 100644
--- a/ui/meson.build
+++ b/ui/meson.build
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ if dbus_display
                                           '--c-namespace', 'QemuDBus',
                                           '--generate-c-code', '@BASENAME@'])
   dbus_display1_lib = static_library('dbus-display1', dbus_display1, dependencies: gio)
-  dbus_display1_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: dbus_display1_lib, include_directories: include_directories('.'))
+  dbus_display1_dep = declare_dependency(link_with: dbus_display1_lib, sources: dbus_display1[0])
   dbus_ss.add(when: [gio, dbus_display1_dep],
               if_true: [files(
                 'dbus-chardev.c',