diff --git a/doc/api/libinput.doxygen.in b/doc/api/libinput.doxygen.in
index a006daeb..9f6cfa25 100644
--- a/doc/api/libinput.doxygen.in
+++ b/doc/api/libinput.doxygen.in
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ WARNINGS               = YES
 QUIET                  = YES
 INPUT                  = "@builddir@"
 IMAGE_PATH             = "@builddir@"
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = doc
 GENERATE_HTML          = YES
-HTML_OUTPUT            = api
+HTML_OUTPUT            = html
 SEARCHENGINE           = NO
 USE_MATHJAX            = YES
 MATHJAX_RELPATH        = https://cdn.mathjax.org/mathjax/latest
diff --git a/doc/api/meson.build b/doc/api/meson.build
index b5018e65..f7b246e4 100644
--- a/doc/api/meson.build
+++ b/doc/api/meson.build
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ doxyfile = configure_file(input : 'libinput.doxygen.in',
 
 custom_target('doxygen',
 	      input : [ doxyfiles, doxyfile, mainpage ] + src_doxygen,
-	      output : [ '.' ],
+	      output : [ 'html' ],
 	      command : [ doxygen, doxyfile ],
 	      install : false,
 	      depends: [ mainpage ],