diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 6d7d3ca6..3f7a3f56 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ endif
 
 common_arguments = [
     '-Wshadow',
-    '-include', 'config.h',
+    '-include', meson.current_build_dir() / 'config.h',
 ]
 
 c_arguments = []