diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 170b654..17bb062 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -125,10 +125,10 @@ global_include_dirs += include_directories('src', 'binding')
 rpath = ''
 
 if host_system == 'windows'
-    windows_resource_directory = get_option('windows_resource_directory')
-    subdir(windows_resource_directory)
+    windows_resource_directory = '../' + get_option('windows_resource_directory')
+    subdir('windows')
     global_sources += windows_resources
-    global_include_dirs += include_directories(windows_resource_directory)
+    global_include_dirs += include_directories('windows')
 else
     subdir('linux')
     rpath = '$ORIGIN/lib'
diff --git a/windows/meson.build b/windows/meson.build
index d41b0af..3b49417 100644
--- a/windows/meson.build
+++ b/windows/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 win = import('windows')
 
 res = files(
-'resource.h',
-'icon.ico',
-'mkxpz.manifest',
-'resource.rc'
+windows_resource_directory + '/resource.h',
+windows_resource_directory + '/icon.ico',
+windows_resource_directory + '/mkxpz.manifest',
+windows_resource_directory + '/resource.rc'
 )
 
-windows_resources = win.compile_resources('resource.rc', depend_files: res)
+windows_resources = win.compile_resources(windows_resource_directory + '/resource.rc', depend_files: res)