diff --git a/doc/meson.build b/doc/meson.build
index afedc66..31c79ae 100644
--- a/doc/meson.build
+++ b/doc/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ if get_option('gtk_doc')
 
 subdir('xml')
 
-glib_prefix = dependency('glib-2.0').get_pkgconfig_variable('prefix')
+glib_prefix = dependency('glib-2.0').get_variable(pkgconfig : 'prefix')
 glib_docpath = join_paths(glib_prefix, 'share', 'gtk-doc', 'html')
 docpath = join_paths(get_option('datadir'), 'gtk-doc', 'html')