diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 249be71..2e9f09d 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 install_subdir(
     generated_root,
     exclude_files: [ generated_headers, generated_cpp ],
-    install_dir: get_option('datadir') / meson.project_name(),
+    install_dir: get_option('datadir') / 'doc' / meson.project_name(),
     strip_directory: true,
 )