diff --git a/src/basic/generate-arphrd-list.sh b/src/basic/generate-arphrd-list.sh
index ca1ba7cad4..7ba834ff1c 100755
--- a/src/basic/generate-arphrd-list.sh
+++ b/src/basic/generate-arphrd-list.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 set -eu
 set -o pipefail
 
-${1:?} -dM -include linux/if_arp.h -include "${2:?}" - </dev/null | \
+${1:?} -dM -include "${2:?}" -include "${3:?}" - </dev/null | \
        awk '/^#define[ \t]+ARPHRD_[^ \t]+[ \t]+[^ \t]/ { print $2; }' | \
        sed -e 's/ARPHRD_//'
diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index b538775576..5b62fe90bc 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ generate_arphrd_list = find_program('generate-arphrd-list.sh')
 arphrd_list_txt = custom_target(
         'arphrd-list.txt',
         output : 'arphrd-list.txt',
-        command : [generate_arphrd_list, cpp, config_h],
+        command : [generate_arphrd_list, cpp, files('linux/if_arp.h'), config_h],
         capture : true)
 
 generate_cap_list = find_program('generate-cap-list.sh')