diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/libportal/libportal_0.6.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/libportal/libportal_0.6.bb
index 9c628c457f..ca58ef4138 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/libportal/libportal_0.6.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/libportal/libportal_0.6.bb
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ SRC_URI = "git://github.com/flatpak/${BPN}.git;protocol=https;branch=main"
 SRCREV = "13df0b887a7eb7b0f9b14069561a41f62e813155"
 S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
 
-inherit meson gtk-doc gobject-introspection vala features_check
+inherit meson gi-docgen gobject-introspection vala features_check pkgconfig
+GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION = 'docs'
 
 ANY_OF_DISTRO_FEATURES = "${GTK3DISTROFEATURES}"