diff --git a/src/st/meson.build b/src/st/meson.build
index 7ab203659..452c30b99 100644
--- a/src/st/meson.build
+++ b/src/st/meson.build
@@ -155,14 +155,15 @@ st_gir_sources = st_sources + st_headers + st_enums
 
 data_to_c = find_program(meson.source_root() + '/src/data-to-c.pl')
 
-custom_target('scroll-view-fade-glsl',
+glsl_sources = custom_target('scroll-view-fade-glsl',
   input: ['st-scroll-view-fade.glsl'],
-  output: ['st-scroll-view-fade-generated.c'],
-  build_by_default: true,
+  output: ['st-scroll-view-fade-generated.h'],
   capture: true,
   command: [data_to_c, '@INPUT@', 'st_scroll_view_fade_glsl']
 )
 
+st_nogir_sources = [glsl_sources]
+
 st_cflags = [
   '-I@0@/src'.format(meson.source_root()),
   '-I@0@'.format(meson.build_root()),
@@ -177,7 +178,7 @@ st_cflags = [
 
 # Currently meson requires a shared library for building girs
 libst = shared_library('st-1.0',
-  sources: st_gir_sources + croco_sources,
+  sources: st_gir_sources + st_nogir_sources + croco_sources,
   c_args: st_cflags,
   dependencies: [clutter_dep, gtk_dep, mutter_dep, libxml_dep, m_dep],
   build_rpath: mutter_typelibdir,
diff --git a/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.c b/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.c
index 8d473d3ad..656fa322f 100644
--- a/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.c
+++ b/src/st/st-scroll-view-fade.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 
 #define DEFAULT_FADE_OFFSET 68.0f
 
-#include "st-scroll-view-fade-generated.c"
+#include "st-scroll-view-fade-generated.h"
 
 struct _StScrollViewFade
 {