diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index caf80a7a08..7afc9e1168 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ cdata.set('PACKAGE_VERSION', '"'+meson.project_version()+'"')
 cdata.set('GTK_LOCALEDIR', '"'+get_option('localedir')+'"')
 cdata.set('GTK_DATADIR', '"'+get_option('datadir')+'"')
 cdata.set('GTK_LIBDIR', '"'+get_option('libdir')+'"')
-cdata.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', '"gtk30"')
+cdata.set('GETTEXT_PACKAGE', '"gtk40"')
 cdata.set('GTK_MAJOR_VERSION', gtk_major_version)
 cdata.set('GTK_MINOR_VERSION', gtk_minor_version)
 cdata.set('GTK_MICRO_VERSION', gtk_micro_version)