diff --git a/include/libcamera/meson.build b/include/libcamera/meson.build
index 88edf620f69e..23c01d3837ba 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/include/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -55,6 +55,8 @@ libcamera_h = custom_target('gen-header',
                             install : true,
                             install_dir : join_paths('include', include_dir))
 
+libcamera_api += libcamera_h
+
 version = libcamera_version.split('.')
 libcamera_version_config = configuration_data()
 libcamera_version_config.set('LIBCAMERA_VERSION_MAJOR', version[0])
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index 88658ac563f7..1b69bc0dee54 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ libcamera = shared_library('camera',
                            build_rpath : '/',
                            dependencies : libcamera_deps)
 
-libcamera_dep = declare_dependency(sources : [libcamera_api, libcamera_ipa_api, libcamera_h],
+libcamera_dep = declare_dependency(sources : [libcamera_api, libcamera_ipa_api],
                                    include_directories : libcamera_includes,
                                    link_with : libcamera)