diff --git a/clutter/Makefile.am b/clutter/Makefile.am
index 9543f1e5a..cb79c7fe6 100644
--- a/clutter/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/Makefile.am
@@ -249,24 +249,26 @@ endif
 # subdir Makefile.am, so just extract them from cogl.h instead. The doc
 # comments for COGL are in the headers, so we don't need the source files.
 Clutter-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libclutter-@CLUTTER_FLAVOUR@-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.la
-	$(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) -v --namespace Clutter --nsversion=@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
-	     $(INCLUDES) \
-	     --add-include-path=cogl \
-	     $(json_gir_include_path) \
-             --include=GL-1.0 \
-             --include=GObject-2.0 \
-             --include=Pango-1.0 \
-             --include=PangoCairo-1.0 \
-	     --include=Cogl-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
-             --include=ClutterJson-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
-	     --library=clutter-@CLUTTER_FLAVOUR@-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
-	     --libtool="$(top_builddir)/doltlibtool" \
-             --pkg gobject-2.0 \
-             --pkg pango \
-             --pkg pangocairo \
-             --output $@ \
-	     $(clutter_HEADERS) \
-	     $(source_c)
+	$(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) -v \
+		--namespace Clutter --nsversion=@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
+		$(INCLUDES) \
+		--add-include-path=cogl \
+		$(json_gir_include_path) \
+		--c-include='clutter/clutter.h' \
+		--include=GL-1.0 \
+		--include=GObject-2.0 \
+		--include=Pango-1.0 \
+		--include=PangoCairo-1.0 \
+		--include=Cogl-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
+	        --include=ClutterJson-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
+		--library=clutter-@CLUTTER_FLAVOUR@-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@ \
+		--libtool="$(top_builddir)/doltlibtool" \
+	        --pkg gobject-2.0 \
+	        --pkg pango \
+	        --pkg pangocairo \
+	        --output $@ \
+		$(clutter_HEADERS) \
+		$(source_c)
 
 BUILT_GIRSOURCES += Clutter-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.gir
 
diff --git a/clutter/cogl/Makefile.am b/clutter/cogl/Makefile.am
index cae798703..c9dce0e57 100644
--- a/clutter/cogl/Makefile.am
+++ b/clutter/cogl/Makefile.am
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ Cogl-@CLUTTER_API_VERSION@.gir: $(INTROSPECTION_SCANNER) libclutter-cogl.la
 		-I$(top_srcdir)/clutter/cogl/@CLUTTER_COGL@ \
 		-I$(top_builddir)/clutter \
 		-DCLUTTER_COMPILATION \
+		--c-include='cogl/cogl.h' \
 		--include=GL-1.0 \
 		--include=GObject-2.0 \
 		--library=clutter-cogl \