diff --git a/include/libcamera/meson.build b/include/libcamera/meson.build
index 8fb21e983832..8c82675a25d2 100644
--- a/include/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/include/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-public_api = [
+libcamera_api = files([
     'libcamera.h',
-]
+])
 
-install_headers(public_api,
+install_headers(libcamera_api,
                 subdir : 'libcamera')
diff --git a/src/libcamera/meson.build b/src/libcamera/meson.build
index fe38f8b2b5b4..0c44b5ab58fb 100644
--- a/src/libcamera/meson.build
+++ b/src/libcamera/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,19 @@
-sources = files([
+libcamera_sources = files([
     'log.cpp',
     'main.cpp',
 ])
 
+libcamera_headers = files([
+    'include/log.h',
+    'include/utils.h',
+])
+
 includes = [
     libcamera_includes,
     include_directories('include'),
 ]
 
 libcamera = shared_library('camera',
-                           sources,
+                           libcamera_sources,
                            install : true,
                            include_directories : includes)