diff --git a/man/meson.build b/man/meson.build
index 4132f826a8..f259ab8eb4 100644
--- a/man/meson.build
+++ b/man/meson.build
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ foreach tuple : manpages
 
         if condition == '' or conf.get(condition) == 1
                 file = files(tuple[0] + '.xml')
+                source_xml_files += file
                 if tuple[0].startswith('org.freedesktop.')
                         dbus_docs += file
                 endif