diff --git a/gnome/platform/libpeas.xml b/gnome/platform/libpeas.xml
index 74579f5fd9..6255aabf37 100644
--- a/gnome/platform/libpeas.xml
+++ b/gnome/platform/libpeas.xml
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@
 <screen><userinput>mkdir build &amp;&amp;
 cd    build &amp;&amp;
 
-meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release .. &amp;&amp;
+meson --prefix=/usr --buildtype=release --wrap-mode=nofallback .. &amp;&amp;
 ninja</userinput></screen>
 
     <para>
@@ -142,6 +142,10 @@ ninja</userinput></screen>
     <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
       href="../../xincludes/meson-buildtype-release.xml"/>
 
+    <!-- gi-docgen can get installed without this, if deps exist -->
+    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
+      href="../../xincludes/meson-wrap-nofallback.xml"/>
+
     <para>
       <option>-Dvapi=true</option>: Add this switch if you wish to
       generate vapi (vala) data.