diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 39237a33..29f27ec9 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ version = custom_target(
   'generate_version',
   build_always_stale: true,
   output: 'version.h',
-  command: [env, 'LC_ALL=C', generate_version_sh, meson.project_version(), '@SOURCE_ROOT@', '@OUTPUT@'])
+  command: [env, 'LC_ALL=C', generate_version_sh, meson.project_version(), '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@', '@OUTPUT@'])
 
 common = static_library(
   'common',