diff --git a/examples/C/qt/meson.build b/examples/C/qt/meson.build
index c3487af4a0..172502a210 100644
--- a/examples/C/qt/meson.build
+++ b/examples/C/qt/meson.build
@@ -4,18 +4,11 @@ examples = [
   ['change-ipv4-addresses', []],
 ]
 
-incs = [
-  top_inc,
-  libnm_core_inc,
-]
-
-qt_core_dep = dependency('QtCore', version: '>= 4')
-
 deps = [
   dbus_dep,
   qt_core_dep,
-  dependency('QtDBus'),
-  dependency('QtNetwork'),
+  qt_dbus_dep,
+  qt_network_dep,
 ]
 
 moc = find_program('moc-qt4', required: false)
@@ -39,7 +32,7 @@ foreach example: examples
   executable(
     example[0],
     example[0] + '.cpp',
-    include_directories: incs,
+    include_directories: libnm_core_inc,
     dependencies: deps,
     link_depends: example[1],
   )
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 969ac382d5..4f93dd3a9a 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -840,6 +840,11 @@ subdir('examples/C/glib')
 enable_qt = get_option('qt')
 if enable_qt
   add_languages('cpp')
+
+  qt_core_dep = dependency('QtCore', version: '>= 4')
+  qt_dbus_dep = dependency('QtDBus')
+  qt_network_dep = dependency('QtNetwork')
+
   subdir('examples/C/qt')
 endif