diff --git a/gxml/meson.build b/gxml/meson.build
index 46c50b150f8fe68702d9446381e3fa276819a98d..1d37f450e6b226072a241a2a0e20eab0c2eea3bc 100644
--- a/gxml/meson.build
+++ b/gxml/meson.build
@@ -189,7 +189,8 @@ custom_target('typelib',
 endif
 endif
 
-
+libgxml_build_dir = meson.current_build_dir ()
+libgxml_src_dir = meson.current_source_dir ()
 libgxml_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories : inc_rooth,
   link_with : libgxml,
   dependencies: libgxml_deps,