diff --git a/gir/meson.build b/gir/meson.build
index 93b7e77db111034aa7b5eba9ca36f912117e6716..8edb72de6c71a417000aaaa5f350e41a740e48f8 100644
--- a/gir/meson.build
+++ b/gir/meson.build
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ gir_files = [
   'xlib-2.0.gir',
   'xfixes-4.0.gir',
   'xrandr-1.3.gir',
-  'win32-1.0.gir',
 ]
 
+if host_system == 'windows'
+  gir_files += 'win32-1.0.gir'
+endif
+
 typelibdir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'girepository-1.0')
 install_data(gir_files, install_dir: girdir)