diff --git a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build
index af1bc9fb2..3ac6ea508 100644
--- a/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build
+++ b/gio/gdbus-2.0/codegen/meson.build
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ gdbus_codegen = configure_file(input : 'gdbus-codegen.in',
   install_dir : get_option('bindir'),
   configuration : gdbus_codegen_conf
 )
+  # Provide tools for others when we're a subproject and they use the Meson GNOME module
+meson.override_find_program('gdbus-codegen', gdbus_codegen)
 
 codegen_dir = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'glib-2.0/codegen')
 
diff --git a/gobject/meson.build b/gobject/meson.build
index d34a897a7..01ba59b70 100644
--- a/gobject/meson.build
+++ b/gobject/meson.build
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ foreach tool: python_tools
 
   # Set variables for later use
   set_variable(tool.underscorify(), tool_bin)
+  # Provide tools for others when we're a subproject and they use the Meson GNOME module
+  meson.override_find_program(tool, tool_bin)
 endforeach
 
 executable('gobject-query', 'gobject-query.c',