diff --git a/docs/reference/shell/meson.build b/docs/reference/shell/meson.build
index a32d6a58a..a963db792 100644
--- a/docs/reference/shell/meson.build
+++ b/docs/reference/shell/meson.build
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ ifaces = [
 ]
 foreach iface : ifaces
   custom_target(iface[0] + ' docs',
-    input: '../../../data/@0@.xml'.format(iface[0]),
+    input: '../../../data/dbus-interfaces/@0@.xml'.format(iface[0]),
     output: 'doc-gen-' + iface[1],
     command: [
       'gdbus-codegen',