diff --git a/girepository/introspection/meson.build b/girepository/introspection/meson.build
index f3ee28f09..0b11e7431 100644
--- a/girepository/introspection/meson.build
+++ b/girepository/introspection/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,16 @@ gi_gen_shared_sources = [
   gmodule_visibility_h,
 ]
 
+gi_gen_shared_dependencies = [
+  # libgirepository is not needed by most of the modules below, but it is needed
+  # by the g-ir-scanner generated dumper program. If we don’t explicitly include
+  # the local version of it here, Meson will implicitly link against it anyway,
+  # and that might pull in a different version, or try to link against a
+  # half-built local version as the build ordering dependency tree won’t
+  # reflect this relationship.
+  libgirepository_dep,
+]
+
 gi_gen_env_variables = environment()
 
 if get_option('b_sanitize') != 'none'
@@ -49,7 +59,8 @@ glib_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libglib,
   export_packages: 'glib-2.0',
   header: 'glib.h',
   install: true,
-  dependencies: [
+  install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+  dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
     libgobject_dep,
   ],
   env: gi_gen_env_variables,
@@ -76,7 +87,8 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
     header: 'glib.h',
     includes: [ glib_gir[0] ],
     install: true,
-    dependencies: [
+    install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+    dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
       libgobject_dep,
     ],
     env: gi_gen_env_variables,
@@ -104,7 +116,8 @@ else
     header: 'glib.h',
     includes: [ glib_gir[0] ],
     install: true,
-    dependencies: [
+    install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+    dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
       libgobject_dep,
     ],
     env: gi_gen_env_variables,
@@ -137,6 +150,8 @@ gobject_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libgobject,
   header: 'glib-object.h',
   includes: [ glib_gir[0] ],
   install: true,
+  install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+  dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies,
   env: gi_gen_env_variables,
   extra_args: gir_args + [
       '-DGOBJECT_COMPILATION',
@@ -162,7 +177,8 @@ gmodule_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libgmodule,
   header: 'gmodule.h',
   includes: [ glib_gir[0] ],
   install: true,
-  dependencies: [
+  install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+  dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
     libglib_dep,
   ],
   env: gi_gen_env_variables,
@@ -224,7 +240,8 @@ gio_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libgio,
   header: 'gio/gio.h',
   includes: [ glib_gir[0], gmodule_gir[0], gobject_gir[0] ],
   install: true,
-  dependencies: [
+  install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+  dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
     libglib_dep,
     libgobject_dep,
     libgmodule_dep,
@@ -249,7 +266,8 @@ if host_system == 'windows'
     header: 'gio/gio.h',
     includes: [ glib_gir[0], gmodule_gir[0], gobject_gir[0], gio_gir[0] ],
     install: true,
-    dependencies: [
+    install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+    dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
       libglib_dep,
       libgobject_dep,
       libgmodule_dep,
@@ -278,7 +296,8 @@ else
     header: 'gio/gio.h',
     includes: [ glib_gir[0], gmodule_gir[0], gobject_gir[0], gio_gir[0] ],
     install: true,
-    dependencies: [
+    install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+    dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
       libglib_dep,
       libgobject_dep,
       libgmodule_dep,
@@ -316,7 +335,13 @@ girepository_gir = gnome.generate_gir(libgirepository,
   header: 'girepository/girepository.h',
   includes: [ glib_gir[0], gmodule_gir[0], gobject_gir[0], gio_gir[0] ],
   install: true,
-  dependencies: [ libglib_dep, libgobject_dep, libgmodule_dep, libgio_dep ],
+  install_dir_gir: glib_girdir,
+  dependencies: gi_gen_shared_dependencies + [
+    libglib_dep,
+    libgobject_dep,
+    libgmodule_dep,
+    libgio_dep,
+  ],
   extra_args: gir_args + libgirepository_gir_args,
 )