diff --git a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/meson.build b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/meson.build
index 7454105c232..30c317fe481 100644
--- a/src/gallium/drivers/iris/meson.build
+++ b/src/gallium/drivers/iris/meson.build
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ libiris = static_library(
   ],
   c_args : [c_vis_args, c_sse2_args],
   cpp_args : [cpp_vis_args, c_sse2_args],
-  dependencies : [dep_libdrm, dep_valgrind],
+  dependencies : [dep_libdrm, dep_valgrind, idep_genxml],
   link_with : [
     iris_gen_libs, libintel_common, libintel_compiler, libintel_dev, libisl,
     libblorp
diff --git a/src/intel/blorp/meson.build b/src/intel/blorp/meson.build
index c1201b0aa16..ff68d255164 100644
--- a/src/intel/blorp/meson.build
+++ b/src/intel/blorp/meson.build
@@ -33,5 +33,5 @@ libblorp = static_library(
   files_libblorp,
   include_directories : [inc_common, inc_intel],
   c_args : [c_vis_args, no_override_init_args],
-  dependencies : idep_nir_headers,
+  dependencies : [idep_nir_headers, idep_genxml],
 )
diff --git a/src/intel/common/meson.build b/src/intel/common/meson.build
index 332e978b0ad..ec45962502e 100644
--- a/src/intel/common/meson.build
+++ b/src/intel/common/meson.build
@@ -43,5 +43,5 @@ libintel_common = static_library(
   include_directories : [inc_common, inc_intel],
   c_args : [c_vis_args, no_override_init_args],
   link_with : [libisl],
-  dependencies : [dep_expat, dep_libdrm, dep_thread],
+  dependencies : [dep_expat, dep_libdrm, dep_thread, idep_genxml],
 )
diff --git a/src/intel/genxml/meson.build b/src/intel/genxml/meson.build
index d0c982d0f8b..343b4fcc45f 100644
--- a/src/intel/genxml/meson.build
+++ b/src/intel/genxml/meson.build
@@ -57,3 +57,5 @@ foreach f : gen_xml_files
     capture : true,
   )
 endforeach
+
+idep_genxml = declare_dependency(sources : [gen_xml_pack, genX_bits_h, genX_xml_h])
diff --git a/src/intel/meson.build b/src/intel/meson.build
index 3c57e79d325..a5bb03e314a 100644
--- a/src/intel/meson.build
+++ b/src/intel/meson.build
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@
 c_sse2_args = ['-msse2', '-mstackrealign']
 inc_intel = include_directories('.')
 
+subdir('genxml')
 subdir('blorp')
 subdir('dev')
-subdir('genxml')
 subdir('isl')
 subdir('common')
 subdir('compiler')
diff --git a/src/intel/vulkan/meson.build b/src/intel/vulkan/meson.build
index 7fa43a6ad79..c32c10c5c72 100644
--- a/src/intel/vulkan/meson.build
+++ b/src/intel/vulkan/meson.build
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ libvulkan_intel = shared_library(
     libvulkan_util, libvulkan_wsi, libmesa_util,
   ],
   dependencies : [
-    dep_thread, dep_dl, dep_m, anv_deps, idep_nir,
+    dep_thread, dep_dl, dep_m, anv_deps, idep_nir, idep_genxml,
   ],
   c_args : anv_flags,
   link_args : ['-Wl,--build-id=sha1', ld_args_bsymbolic, ld_args_gc_sections],
diff --git a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/meson.build b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/meson.build
index 7cff7e523ea..ca93af0ab10 100644
--- a/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/meson.build
+++ b/src/mesa/drivers/dri/i965/meson.build
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ libi965 = static_library(
     i965_gen_libs, libintel_common, libintel_dev, libisl, libintel_compiler,
     libblorp
   ],
-  dependencies : [dep_libdrm, dep_valgrind, idep_nir_headers],
+  dependencies : [dep_libdrm, dep_valgrind, idep_nir_headers, idep_genxml],
 )
 
 dri_drivers += libi965