diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0b32f4d0..61086491 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -70,7 +70,13 @@ with_docs = get_option('with_docs')
 gtk_doc_referred_paths = []
 if with_docs
   gtkdoc = dependency('gtk-doc')
-  glib_docpath = join_paths(glib_prefix, 'share', 'gtk-doc', 'html')
+
+  if glib.version().version_compare('<2.79.0')
+    glib_docpath = join_paths(glib_prefix, 'share', 'gtk-doc', 'html')
+  else
+    glib_docpath = join_paths(glib_prefix, 'share', 'doc', 'glib-2.0')
+    warning('glib >= 2.79.0 documention might not be properly referred from libmodulemd documentation.')
+  endif
 
   foreach referred_module : [ 'glib', 'gobject' ]
     doc_module_path = join_paths(glib_docpath, referred_module)