diff --git a/gio/inotify/meson.build b/gio/inotify/meson.build
index e5c811520..8c7d6aaa0 100644
--- a/gio/inotify/meson.build
+++ b/gio/inotify/meson.build
@@ -8,9 +8,14 @@ inotify_sources = [
 ]
 
 inotify_lib = static_library('inotify',
-  sources : [inotify_sources, gmodule_visibility_h],
-  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gmoduleinc],
-  dependencies : [gioenumtypes_dep, libglib_dep, libgobject_dep],
+  sources : [inotify_sources],
+  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc],
+  dependencies : [
+    gioenumtypes_dep,
+    libglib_dep,
+    libgobject_dep,
+    gmodule_inc_dep,
+  ],
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   pic : true,
   c_args : [gio_c_args, gio_c_args_internal])
diff --git a/gio/kqueue/meson.build b/gio/kqueue/meson.build
index 04e48aad3..7447e5631 100644
--- a/gio/kqueue/meson.build
+++ b/gio/kqueue/meson.build
@@ -6,9 +6,12 @@ kqueue_sources = [
 ]
 
 kqueue_lib = static_library('kqueue',
-  sources : kqueue_sources,
-  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gmoduleinc],
-  dependencies : [gioenumtypes_dep],
+  sources : [kqueue_sources],
+  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc],
+  dependencies : [
+    gioenumtypes_dep,
+    gmodule_inc_dep,
+  ],
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   pic : true,
   c_args : [gio_c_args, gio_c_args_internal])
diff --git a/gio/win32/meson.build b/gio/win32/meson.build
index 0a896aca0..08be6b09e 100644
--- a/gio/win32/meson.build
+++ b/gio/win32/meson.build
@@ -9,8 +9,12 @@ giowin32_sources = [
 
 giowin32_lib = static_library('giowin32',
   sources : [giowin32_sources],
-  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gioinc, gmoduleinc],
-  dependencies : [libintl, gioenumtypes_dep],
+  include_directories : [configinc, glibinc, gioinc],
+  dependencies : [
+    libintl,
+    gioenumtypes_dep,
+    gmodule_inc_dep,
+  ],
   gnu_symbol_visibility : 'hidden',
   pic : true,
   c_args : [gio_c_args, gio_c_args_internal])
diff --git a/gmodule/meson.build b/gmodule/meson.build
index 4b0778e70..da4d06cfb 100644
--- a/gmodule/meson.build
+++ b/gmodule/meson.build
@@ -135,10 +135,13 @@ pkg.generate(libraries : [libgmodule, export_dynamic_ldflags],
   description : 'Dynamic module loader for GLib',
 )
 
+gmodule_inc_dep = declare_dependency(
+  include_directories: [gmoduleinc],
+  sources: [gmodule_visibility_h],
+)
+
 libgmodule_dep = declare_dependency(link_with : libgmodule,
-  include_directories : [gmoduleinc],
-  sources : [gmodule_visibility_h],
-  dependencies : [libglib_dep])
+  dependencies : [libglib_dep, gmodule_inc_dep])
 
 meson.override_dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', libgmodule_dep)
 meson.override_dependency('gmodule-export-2.0', libgmodule_dep)