diff --git a/src/Makefile.am b/src/Makefile.am
index 57549ec254..ea487597bd 100644
--- a/src/Makefile.am
+++ b/src/Makefile.am
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ augeasdir = $(datadir)/augeas/lenses
 
 augeastestdir = $(datadir)/augeas/lenses/tests
 
-# Internal generic driver infrastructure
-DATATYPES_SOURCES = datatypes.h datatypes.c
 DRIVER_SOURCES += \
 		driver.c driver.h \
 		driver-hypervisor.h \
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 61f8b933d4..5f7b69590f 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -36,6 +36,13 @@ if conf.has('WITH_SECDRIVER_APPARMOR')
 endif
 
 
+# Internal generic driver infrastructure
+
+datatypes_sources = [
+  'datatypes.c',
+]
+
+
 # generate systemtap files
 
 systemtap_dir = datadir / 'systemtap' / 'tapset'