diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index aecc381932..ed0d2086cb 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ if not get_option('gio').auto() or have_system
     gio = not_found
   endif
   if gio.found()
-    gdbus_codegen = find_program(gio.get_variable('gdbus_codegen'),
+    gdbus_codegen = find_program('gdbus-codegen',
                                  required: get_option('gio'))
     gio_unix = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required: get_option('gio'),
                           method: 'pkg-config')