diff --git a/gio/meson.build b/gio/meson.build
index abe2f8498..75686bb3e 100644
--- a/gio/meson.build
+++ b/gio/meson.build
@@ -863,6 +863,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 schemas_subdir = join_paths('glib-2.0', 'schemas')
+dtds_subdir = join_paths('glib-2.0', 'dtds')
 
 libgio_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : libgio,
   dependencies : [libgmodule_dep, libgobject_dep, gioenumtypes_dep],
@@ -870,6 +871,7 @@ libgio_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : libgio,
   variables : [
     'schemasdir=' + join_paths(glib_datadir, schemas_subdir),
     'giomoduledir=' + glib_giomodulesdir,
+    'dtdsdir=' + join_paths(glib_datadir, dtds_subdir)
   ],
 )
 
@@ -878,6 +880,7 @@ pkg.generate(libgio,
   variables : [
     'datadir=' + '${prefix}' / get_option('datadir'),
     'schemasdir=' + '${datadir}' / schemas_subdir,
+    'dtdsdir=' + '${datadir}' / dtds_subdir,
     'bindir=' + '${prefix}' / get_option('bindir'),
     'giomoduledir=' + pkgconfig_giomodulesdir,
     'gio=' + '${bindir}' / 'gio',
@@ -1021,7 +1024,7 @@ glib_compile_resources = executable('glib-compile-resources',
   link_args : noseh_link_args,
   dependencies : [libgio_dep, libgobject_dep, libgmodule_dep, libglib_dep, gvdb_dep])
 install_data('gresource.dtd',
-  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'glib-2.0/dtds',
+  install_dir: get_option('datadir') / dtds_subdir,
   install_tag: 'devel',
 )