diff --git a/gio/gnetworkmonitornetlink.c b/gio/gnetworkmonitornetlink.c
index adaa77d38..a2fb29296 100644
--- a/gio/gnetworkmonitornetlink.c
+++ b/gio/gnetworkmonitornetlink.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
 #include <linux/rtnetlink.h>
 #endif
-#ifdef HAVE_NETLINK_NETLINK_H
+#if defined(HAVE_NETLINK_NETLINK_H) && defined(HAVE_NETLINK_NETLINK_ROUTE_H)
 #include <netlink/netlink.h>
 #include <netlink/netlink_route.h>
 #endif
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ddd099858..bc0b0333c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -417,6 +417,7 @@ headers = [
   'memory.h',
   'mntent.h',
   'netlink/netlink.h',
+  'netlink/netlink_route.h',
   'poll.h',
   'pwd.h',
   'sched.h',
@@ -475,7 +476,8 @@ if cc.check_header('malloc.h')
   glib_conf_prefix = glib_conf_prefix + '#define HAVE_MALLOC_H 1\n'
 endif
 
-if glib_conf.has('HAVE_LINUX_NETLINK_H') or glib_conf.has('HAVE_NETLINK_NETLINK_H')
+if (glib_conf.has('HAVE_LINUX_NETLINK_H') or
+    (glib_conf.has('HAVE_NETLINK_NETLINK_H') and glib_conf.has('HAVE_NETLINK_NETLINK_ROUTE_H')))
   glib_conf.set('HAVE_NETLINK', 1)
 endif