diff --git a/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/meson.build b/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/meson.build
index b737f050b..6e2cb07d5 100644
--- a/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/meson.build
+++ b/gio/tests/gdbus-object-manager-example/meson.build
@@ -22,4 +22,5 @@ libgdbus_example_objectmanager = library('gdbus-example-objectmanager',
     install_dir : installed_tests_execdir)
 
 libgdbus_example_objectmanager_dep = declare_dependency(
+  sources : gdbus_example_objectmanager_generated,
   link_with : libgdbus_example_objectmanager)