diff --git a/steam-runtime-tools/meson.build b/steam-runtime-tools/meson.build
index c8f47438ab28168505d5ff71133560dfd0ece80c..179ce5b663af97fcc9ac0a49cc9dcd9677fccfbd 100644
--- a/steam-runtime-tools/meson.build
+++ b/steam-runtime-tools/meson.build
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ libsteamrt_public_headers = [
 
 enums = gnome.mkenums_simple(
   'enums',
-  install_dir : join_paths('steam-runtime-tools-' + api_major, 'steam-runtime-tools'),
+  install_dir : join_paths(get_option('includedir'), 'steam-runtime-tools-' + api_major, 'steam-runtime-tools'),
   install_header : true,
   sources : libsteamrt_public_headers,
 )