diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a2ce640738..781f6b13af 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -435,7 +435,7 @@ endif
 
 pangocairo_dep    = dependency('pangocairo', version: pango_req)
 pixbuf_dep        = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', version: gdk_pixbuf_req,
-                               default_options: ['png=enabled', 'jpeg=enabled', 'builtin_loaders=png,jpeg', 'man=false'])
+                               default_options: ['png=enabled', 'jpeg=enabled', 'gif=enabled', 'builtin_loaders=all', 'man=false'])
 png_dep           = dependency('libpng', 'png')
 tiff_dep          = dependency('libtiff-4', 'tiff')
 jpeg_dep          = dependency('libjpeg', 'jpeg')
diff --git a/subprojects/gi-docgen.wrap b/subprojects/gi-docgen.wrap
index 85c85da16f..f566bf7646 100644
--- a/subprojects/gi-docgen.wrap
+++ b/subprojects/gi-docgen.wrap
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ depth = 1
 
 [provide]
 program_names = gi-docgen
+gi-docgen = dummy_dep