diff --git a/gtk/meson.build b/gtk/meson.build
index 5d2f2859fe..c7f2d4be31 100644
--- a/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/gtk/meson.build
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ gtk_settings_schemas = [
   'org.gtk.gtk4.Settings.EmojiChooser.gschema.xml',
   'org.gtk.gtk4.Settings.Debug.gschema.xml',
 ]
-install_data(gtk_settings_schemas, install_dir: gtk_schemasdir)
+install_data(gtk_settings_schemas, install_dir: gtk_schemasdir, install_tag: 'runtime')
 gnome.compile_schemas(depend_files: files(gtk_settings_schemas), build_by_default: true)
 gtk_schema_build_dir = meson.current_build_dir()