diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/js/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/meson.build
index ce2a7768b..c9a67f8d7 100644
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/js/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/meson.build
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ configure_file(
   install_dir: pkgdatadir,
 )
 
+subdir('misc')
+
 gnome.compile_resources(
   app_id + '.src',
   configure_file(
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ gnome.compile_resources(
     output: app_id + '.src.gresource.xml',
     configuration: {'profile': '/'.join(profile.split('.')) },
   ),
-  source_dir: ['.', '../../../js'],
+  source_dir: ['.', meson.current_build_dir(), '../../../js'],
   gresource_bundle: true,
   install: true,
   install_dir: pkgdatadir
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/config.js b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/config.js
deleted file mode 100644
index d213b7825..000000000
--- a/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/config.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-/* Fake module to satify import in ExtensionUtils */
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/config.js.in b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/config.js.in
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4350f836f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/config.js.in
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+var PACKAGE_VERSION = '@PACKAGE_VERSION@';
diff --git a/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/meson.build b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/meson.build
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85652ee4d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/extensions-app/js/misc/meson.build
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+config_js = configure_file(
+  input: 'config.js.in',
+  output: '@BASENAME@',
+  configuration: {
+    'GETTEXT_VERSION': meson.project_version(),
+  }
+)