diff --git a/src/basic/meson.build b/src/basic/meson.build
index 78e69feb4df..417daee06eb 100644
--- a/src/basic/meson.build
+++ b/src/basic/meson.build
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ basic_sources = files('''
 '''.split())
 
 missing_h = files('missing.h')
+missing_capability_h = files('missing_capability.h')
 
 generate_af_list = find_program('generate-af-list.sh')
 af_list_txt = custom_target(
@@ -229,7 +230,7 @@ generate_cap_list = find_program('generate-cap-list.sh')
 cap_list_txt = custom_target(
         'cap-list.txt',
         output : 'cap-list.txt',
-        command : [generate_cap_list, cpp, config_h, missing_h],
+        command : [generate_cap_list, cpp, config_h, missing_capability_h],
         capture : true)
 
 generate_errno_list = find_program('generate-errno-list.sh')