diff --git a/cogl-pango/Makefile.am b/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
index a47f9404e..1fecab79e 100644
--- a/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
+++ b/cogl-pango/Makefile.am
@@ -60,6 +60,8 @@ DISTCLEANFILES += $(pc_files)
 INTROSPECTION_GIRS =
 
 if HAVE_INTROSPECTION
+INTROSPECTION_COMPILER_ARGS=--includedir=$(top_builddir)/cogl
+
 CoglPango-1.0.gir: libcogl-pango.la Makefile
 
 CoglPango_1_0_gir_NAMESPACE = CoglPango