diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am b/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am
index 64e227ad5..b17b50d3f 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/Makefile.am
@@ -126,6 +126,22 @@ HTML_IMAGES =			\
 	menu-example.png	\
 	menu-model.png
 
+example_files = \
+	gdbus-example-objectmanager.xml \
+	gdbus-example-objectmanager-server.c \
+	gdbus-example-objectmanager-client.c \
+	gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Animal.xml \
+	gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Cat.xml \
+	$(NULL)
+
+gdbus-example-objectmanager.xml: %: $(top_srcdir)/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/%
+gdbus-example-objectmanager-server.c: %: $(top_srcdir)/gio/tests/%
+gdbus-example-objectmanager-client.c: %: $(top_srcdir)/gio/tests/%
+gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Animal.xml: %: $(top_builddir)/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/%
+gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Cat.xml: %: $(top_builddir)/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/%
+$(example_files):
+	cp $< $@
+
 content_files =			\
 	version.xml		\
 	overview.xml		\
@@ -141,6 +157,7 @@ content_files =			\
 	gresource.xml		\
 	gdbus.xml		\
 	gdbus-codegen.xml	\
+	$(example_files)	\
 	$(NULL)
 
 expand_content_files =		\
@@ -192,7 +209,7 @@ XSLTPROC_FLAGS = \
 endif
 
 CLEANFILES ?=
-CLEANFILES += $(man_MANS)
+CLEANFILES += $(man_MANS) $(example_files)
 
 EXTRA_DIST += $(man_MANS)
 
diff --git a/docs/reference/gio/migrating-gdbus.xml b/docs/reference/gio/migrating-gdbus.xml
index 423ad16a4..d46f98ccc 100644
--- a/docs/reference/gio/migrating-gdbus.xml
+++ b/docs/reference/gio/migrating-gdbus.xml
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@ on_name_acquired (GDBusConnection *connection,
       linkend="gdbus-codegen">gdbus-codegen</link></command> is used and like
       its counterpart, it also takes D-Bus Introspection XML as input:
     </para>
-    <example id="gdbus-example-codegen-input"><title>Example D-Bus Introspection XML</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/gdbus-example-objectmanager.xml"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
+    <example id="gdbus-example-codegen-input"><title>Example D-Bus Introspection XML</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../gdbus-example-objectmanager.xml"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
     <para>
       If this XML is processed like this
 <informalexample><programlisting><![CDATA[
@@ -291,14 +291,14 @@ gdbus-codegen --interface-prefix org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager. \
       #ExampleObjectManagerClient pages for documentation.
     </para>
 
-    <example id="gdbus-example-codegen-server"><title>Server-side application using generated code</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gdbus-example-objectmanager-server.c"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
+    <example id="gdbus-example-codegen-server"><title>Server-side application using generated code</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../gdbus-example-objectmanager-server.c"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
 
-    <example id="gdbus-example-codegen-client"><title>Client-side application using generated code</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../../../../gio/tests/gdbus-example-objectmanager-client.c"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
+    <example id="gdbus-example-codegen-client"><title>Client-side application using generated code</title><programlisting><xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" parse="text" href="../gdbus-example-objectmanager-client.c"><xi:fallback>FIXME: MISSING XINCLUDE CONTENT</xi:fallback></xi:include></programlisting></example>
 
   </section>
 
-  <xi:include href="../../../../gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Animal.xml"/>
-  <xi:include href="../../../../gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Cat.xml"/>
+  <xi:include href="../gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Animal.xml"/>
+  <xi:include href="../gdbus-example-objectmanager-generated-org.gtk.GDBus.Example.ObjectManager.Cat.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="../gdbus-object-manager-example/xml/ExampleAnimal.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="../gdbus-object-manager-example/xml/ExampleCat.xml"/>
   <xi:include href="../gdbus-object-manager-example/xml/ExampleObject.xml"/>