diff --git a/gtk/a11y/meson.build b/gtk/a11y/meson.build
index 1887be8cdd..78d74d9149 100644
--- a/gtk/a11y/meson.build
+++ b/gtk/a11y/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,14 @@
 gtk_a11y_src = []
 gtk_a11y_backends = []
+gtk_a11y_backend_info = {}
 
 if os_unix
   gtk_a11y_backends += 'atspi'
 endif
 
 if gtk_a11y_backends.contains('atspi')
+  gtk_a11y_backend_info += { 'atspi': { 'description': 'GTK AT-SPI accessibility support' } }
+
   subdir('atspi')
 
   gtk_a11y_src += files([
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 130dd42eed..d344b0f72c 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -893,7 +893,7 @@ foreach a11y_backend: gtk_a11y_backends
     filebase: pkg,
     unescaped_variables: common_pc_variables,
     name: 'GTK',
-    description: 'GTK Accessibility support',
+    description: gtk_a11y_backend_info[a11y_backend]['description'],
     requires: ['gtk4', get_variable('@0@_public_deps'.format(a11y_backend), [])],
   )
   meson.override_dependency(pkg, libgtk_dep)