diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index bcbcb02..0a4238b 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@
         FRUGEN = '$srcdir/extra-properties.py -e' + get_option('FRU_YAML')
         PROPGEN = '$srcdir/extra-properties.py -e' + get_option('PROP_YAML')
 
-        src_dir = meson.source_root()
+        src_dir = meson.project_source_root()
         FRU_GEN_SCRIPT = src_dir + '/writefru.py'
         FRU_GEN_SCRIPT_FILES = src_dir + '/writefru.yaml'