diff --git a/data/meson.build b/data/meson.build
index 89bf68f4..e09ea45a 100644
--- a/data/meson.build
+++ b/data/meson.build
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ if enable_polkit
     ),
     output: '@BASENAME@',
     po_dir: po_dir,
+    data_dirs: [data_dir],
     install: true,
     install_dir: polkit_gobject_policydir,
   )
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 4cbe0a6b..98e5f5f5 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ build_root = meson.current_build_dir()
 build_aux_dir = source_root / 'build-aux'
 templates_dir = source_root / 'build-aux/templates'
 po_dir = source_root / 'po'
+data_dir = source_root / 'data'
 src_dir = source_root / 'src'
 plugins_dir = source_root / 'src/plugins'