diff --git a/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.10.0.bb b/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.10.0.bb
index df3cdba3b1..332e8b65c3 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.10.0.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-gnome/json-glib/json-glib_1.10.0.bb
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ DEPENDS = "glib-2.0 glib-2.0-native"
 inherit gnomebase lib_package gobject-introspection gi-docgen gettext ptest-gnome manpages upstream-version-is-even
 GIR_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
 GIR_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'
+GIDOCGEN_MESON_OPTION = 'documentation'
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_ENABLE_FLAG = 'enabled'
 GIDOCGEN_MESON_DISABLE_FLAG = 'disabled'