diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index ab1030c622af70a3f0914fc24ca58240ec4c79cd..3ecc7765dee15f0ce261887750154de806c4eca6 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ add_project_arguments([
   '-DGLIB_VERSION_MAX_REQUIRED=@0@'.format(glib_ver_str),
   '-DG_LOG_USE_STRUCTURED',
   '-DGMOBILE_USE_UNSTABLE_API',
+  '-DLIBFEEDBACK_USE_UNSTABLE_API',
 ], language: 'c')
 
 root_inc = include_directories('.')
diff --git a/src/feedback-manager.c b/src/feedback-manager.c
index cda302d2d8ad660a65bf6081a6257992c0de05cc..dd1f55eb0fa59dcf8b39fb27a42315704a0cdbcd 100644
--- a/src/feedback-manager.c
+++ b/src/feedback-manager.c
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 #include "feedback-manager.h"
 #include "shell.h"
 
-#define LIBFEEDBACK_USE_UNSTABLE_API
 #include <libfeedback.h>
 
 /**
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index a9afe142bc7b3c5f2266cedcf9f4fe4cbc4479a6..4b86e8197c334e85e429cc61f46fe1e78fff4e4d 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -16,8 +16,9 @@
 #include "wall-clock.h"
 #include "background-cache.h"
 
-#include <handy.h>
 #include <call-ui.h>
+#include <handy.h>
+#include <libfeedback.h>
 
 #include <glib/gi18n.h>
 #include <glib-unix.h>
@@ -130,6 +131,7 @@ main (int argc, char *argv[])
   gtk_init (&argc, &argv);
   hdy_init ();
   cui_init (TRUE);
+  lfb_init (PHOSH_APP_ID, NULL);
 
   g_unix_signal_add (SIGTERM, on_shutdown_signal, NULL);
   g_unix_signal_add (SIGINT, on_shutdown_signal, NULL);
diff --git a/src/notifications/notify-feedback.c b/src/notifications/notify-feedback.c
index b0dcc63e6bc5b0e8590ca325faef37e044e03bf6..b521922d94ed4802513309a44608262e94d1583a 100644
--- a/src/notifications/notify-feedback.c
+++ b/src/notifications/notify-feedback.c
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 #include "notification-source.h"
 #include "util.h"
 
-#define LIBFEEDBACK_USE_UNSTABLE_API
 #include <libfeedback.h>
 
 #include <gmobile.h>