diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-devtools/docs/meson.build
index ff2f4723e5..33bb0660e9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/docs/meson.build
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ endforeach
 
 validate_sources = gstvalidate_headers + gstvalidate_sources
 hotdoc = import('hotdoc')
-plugins_doc = []
 libs_doc = [hotdoc.generate_doc('gst-devtools',
     project_version: api_version,
     sitemap: 'sitemap.txt',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build
index 4c53c83cae..5fa2b2895f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/meson.build
@@ -167,11 +167,18 @@ pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 
 gst_plugins_doc_dep = []
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 i18n = import('i18n')
 
 static_build = get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 gst_libraries = []
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 python_mod = import('python')
 python3 = python_mod.find_installation()
 if not get_option('validate').disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
index 7d2aa4e89f..2829f4cc0c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-devtools/validate/gst/validate/meson.build
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ else
   warning('Statically building GstValidate as a tracer is not supported yet.')
 endif
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstvalidate_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s.full_path()
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'validatetracer': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
 
 pkg_name = 'gstreamer-validate-1.0'
 library_def = {'lib': gstvalidate}
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/docs/meson.build
index acdb7db6b4..37ad658a7f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/docs/meson.build
@@ -116,13 +116,28 @@ libs_doc = [hotdoc.generate_doc('gst-editing-services',
     depends: ges_gir[0],
 )]
 
-if host_system == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
+
 cdir = meson.current_source_dir()
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--builddir', meson.current_build_dir(),
@@ -130,7 +145,11 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--sitemap', cdir / 'plugins/sitemap.txt',
     '--index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources', cdir / '../plugins/*/*.[ch]',
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build
index 4de1a7ed00..1e1928b2b4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/meson.build
@@ -312,6 +312,12 @@ pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 configinc = include_directories('.')
 gst_libraries = []
 
+if host_system == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 subdir('ges')
 subdir('plugins')
 subdir('tools')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/ges/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/ges/meson.build
index 71095a7b92..dadc8f6586 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/ges/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/ges/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 gstges_sources = ['gesplugin.c', 'gessrc.c', 'gesdemux.c', 'gesbasebin.c']
 
+gstges_headers = [
+  'gesbasebin.h',
+]
+
 gstges = library('gstges', gstges_sources,
   dependencies : [gst_dep, ges_dep],
   include_directories: [configinc],
@@ -7,4 +11,13 @@ gstges = library('gstges', gstges_sources,
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
-plugins += [gstges]
\ No newline at end of file
+plugins += [gstges]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstges_sources + gstges_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ges': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/meson.build
index 7190450136..a041d83b12 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 subdir('nle')
-subdir('ges')
\ No newline at end of file
+subdir('ges')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/nle/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/nle/meson.build
index 13cbd45dd8..fd298fa78e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/nle/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-editing-services/plugins/nle/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ nle_sources = ['nleobject.c',
     'gstnle.c'
 ]
 
+nle_headers = [
+  'nlesource.h',
+  'nle.h',
+  'nleurisource.h',
+  'nletypes.h',
+  'nlecomposition.h',
+  'nleghostpad.h',
+  'nleobject.h',
+  'nleoperation.h',
+]
+
 deps = [gst_dep, gstbase_dep]
 c_args = ges_c_args
 if gstvalidate_dep.found()
@@ -23,3 +34,12 @@ nle = library('gstnle', nle_sources,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [nle]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: nle_sources + nle_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'nle': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/meson.build
index da50ad9b89..c4f337282a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/docs/meson.build
@@ -78,15 +78,28 @@ foreach extension: required_hotdoc_extensions
     endif
 endforeach
 
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
 
-libs_doc = []
 cdir = meson.current_source_dir()
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--project_version', api_version,
@@ -94,8 +107,12 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--sitemap', cdir / 'sitemap.txt',
     '--index', cdir / 'index.md',
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources', cdir / '../ext/*/*.[ch]',
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/meson.build
index 70b6532b5a..85e334e62b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/ext/libav/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sources = [
+libav_sources = [
     'gstav.c',
     'gstavprotocol.c',
     'gstavcodecmap.c',
@@ -14,8 +14,20 @@ sources = [
     'gstavvidcmp.c',
 ]
 
+libav_headers = [
+  'gstavviddec.h',
+  'gstavvidenc.h',
+  'gstavcfg.h',
+  'gstavprotocol.h',
+  'gstavutils.h',
+  'gstavaudenc.h',
+  'gstav.h',
+  'gstavcodecmap.h',
+  'gstavauddec.h',
+]
+
 gstlibav_plugin = library('gstlibav',
-    sources,
+    libav_sources,
     c_args : gst_libav_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : libav_deps + [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep,
@@ -24,3 +36,12 @@ gstlibav_plugin = library('gstlibav',
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )
 plugins += [gstlibav_plugin]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: libav_sources + libav_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'libav': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-libav/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-libav/meson.build
index cd6c092a39..c452a17199 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-libav/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-libav/meson.build
@@ -237,6 +237,12 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
 endif
 
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
 subdir('ext/libav')
 subdir('docs')
 subdir('tests')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/meson.build
index 7ab5ad6cfd..17a16a6722 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/docs/meson.build
@@ -244,13 +244,28 @@ foreach lib_def: libs
     endif
 endforeach
 
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
+
 cdir = meson.current_source_dir()
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--builddir', meson.current_build_dir(),
@@ -259,20 +274,13 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
     '--c_flags', '\-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API',
     '--gst_index', 'plugins/index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.[cmh]',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.cpp',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.cc',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.mm',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.hh',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.cpp',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.cc',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.hh',
-        cdir / '../gst/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / '../gst/rtmp2/*/*.[ch]',
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
     '--gst_c_source_filters', excludes,
-    '--include_paths', join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '..'),
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
+    '--include_paths', cdir / '..',
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build
index 169fb83c49..71fa524415 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aes/meson.build
@@ -5,23 +5,36 @@ aes_sources = [
   'gstaesdec.c',
 ]
 
+aes_headers = [
+  'gstaesenc.h',
+  'gstaeshelper.h',
+  'gstaesdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: aes_sources + aes_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'aes': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 aes_cargs = []
 aes_dep = dependency('openssl', version : '>= 1.1.0', required : get_option('aes'))
 if aes_dep.found()
   aes_cargs += ['-DHAVE_OPENSSL']
-else
-  subdir_done()
-endif
 
-gstaes = library('gstaes',
-  aes_sources,
-  c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + aes_cargs,
-  link_args : noseh_link_args,
-  include_directories : [configinc],
-  dependencies : [gstpbutils_dep, gstvideo_dep,
-                  aes_dep, gio_dep, libm],
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
-)
-plugins += [gstaes]
+  gstaes = library('gstaes',
+    aes_sources,
+    c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + aes_cargs,
+    link_args : noseh_link_args,
+    include_directories : [configinc],
+    dependencies : [gstpbutils_dep, gstvideo_dep,
+                    aes_dep, gio_dep, libm],
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+  )
+  plugins += [gstaes]
+endif
 aes_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories : include_directories('.'))
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/analyticsoverlay/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/analyticsoverlay/meson.build
index 824b382da8..7c43e2160e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/analyticsoverlay/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/analyticsoverlay/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ analyticsoverlay_sources = [
   'gstobjectdetectionoverlay.c',
 ]
 
+analyticsoverlay_headers = [
+  'gstobjectdetectionoverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: analyticsoverlay_sources + analyticsoverlay_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'analyticsoverlay': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 gstanalyticsoverlay_ext_dep = dependency('pangocairo', version : '>=1.22.0',
   required : get_option('analyticsoverlay'),
   fallback: ['pango', 'libpangocairo_dep'],
@@ -20,4 +33,5 @@ if gstanalyticsoverlay_ext_dep.found()
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )
   plugins += [gstanalyticsoverlay]
+
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aom/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aom/meson.build
index 48fb18228f..b367e7826d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aom/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/aom/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,30 @@
 aom_dep = dependency('aom', required: get_option('aom'))
 aom3_dep = dependency('aom', version: '>= 3', required: get_option('aom'))
 aom3_2_dep = dependency('aom', version: '>= 3.2', required: get_option('aom'))
+
+aom_sources = [
+  'gstaom.c',
+  'gstav1enc.c',
+  'gstav1dec.c',
+  'gstav1utils.c',
+]
+
+aom_headers = [
+  'gstav1utils.h',
+  'gstav1dec.h',
+  'gstav1enc.h',
+  'gstaom.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: aom_sources + aom_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'aom': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if aom_dep.found()
   aom_defines = []
   if aom3_dep.found()
@@ -10,8 +34,9 @@ if aom_dep.found()
     aom_defines += ['-DHAVE_LIBAOM_3_2']
   endif
 
+
   gstaom = library('gstaom',
-    ['gstaom.c', 'gstav1enc.c', 'gstav1dec.c', 'gstav1utils.c'],
+    aom_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + aom_defines,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstpbutils_dep, gstvideo_dep, aom_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/assrender/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/assrender/meson.build
index a51a755a1c..4ab59d8bc8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/assrender/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/assrender/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 ass_dep = dependency('libass', version : '>= 0.10.2', required : get_option('assrender'))
+
+assrender_sources = [
+  'gstassrender.c',
+]
+
+assrender_headers = [
+  'gstassrender.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: assrender_sources + assrender_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'assrender': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if ass_dep.found()
   gstassrender = library('gstassrender',
-    'gstassrender.c',
+    assrender_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/avtp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/avtp/meson.build
index bc359fd21b..ad049a710b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/avtp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/avtp/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,34 @@ avtp_sources = [
   'gstavtpcrfcheck.c',
 ]
 
+avtp_headers = [
+  'gstavtpvfpaybase.h',
+  'gstavtpcrfutil.h',
+  'gstavtpsink.h',
+  'gstavtprvfpay.h',
+  'gstavtpcrfsync.h',
+  'gstavtpcrfbase.h',
+  'gstavtpcrfcheck.h',
+  'gstavtprvfdepay.h',
+  'gstavtpvfdepaybase.h',
+  'gstavtpcvfpay.h',
+  'gstavtpaafpay.h',
+  'gstavtpsrc.h',
+  'gstavtpbasedepayload.h',
+  'gstavtpaafdepay.h',
+  'gstavtpbasepayload.h',
+  'gstavtpcvfdepay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: avtp_sources + avtp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'avtp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 avtp_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 avtp_option = get_option('avtp')
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bs2b/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bs2b/meson.build
index a7f00577e2..3d7d3fdeef 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bs2b/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bs2b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 bs2b_sources = [ 'gstbs2b.c', ]
 
+bs2b_headers = [
+  'gstbs2b.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: bs2b_sources + bs2b_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'bs2b': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 bs2b_dep = dependency('libbs2b', version : '>=3.1.0', required : get_option('bs2b'))
 
 if bs2b_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bz2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bz2/meson.build
index 9ce8a8c05a..e7d8feb962 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bz2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/bz2/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ bz2_sources = [
   'gstbz2enc.c',
 ]
 
+bz2_headers = [
+  'gstbz2enc.h',
+  'gstbz2dec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: bz2_sources + bz2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'bz2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 bz2_dep = cc.find_library('bz2', required : get_option('bz2'))
 
 if bz2_dep.found() and cc.has_header_symbol('bzlib.h', 'BZ2_bzlibVersion')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/chromaprint/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/chromaprint/meson.build
index c2f5a4b63c..3dbfee6940 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/chromaprint/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/chromaprint/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 chromaprint_dep = dependency('libchromaprint', required : get_option('chromaprint'))
 
+chromaprint_sources = [
+  'gstchromaprint.c',
+]
+
+chromaprint_headers = [
+  'gstchromaprint.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: chromaprint_sources + chromaprint_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'chromaprint': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if chromaprint_dep.found()
   gstchromaprint = library('gstchromaprint',
-    'gstchromaprint.c',
+    chromaprint_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, chromaprint_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/meson.build
index 6b7df1c0cb..4cffa6a7e0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/closedcaption/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,31 @@
 closedcaption_dep = dependency('pangocairo', version : '>= 1.32.6',
                             required : get_option('closedcaption'))
 
+closedcaption_sources = [
+    'gstcccombiner.c',
+    'gstccextractor.c',
+    'gstccconverter.c',
+    'gstcea608mux.c',
+    'gstclosedcaption.c',
+    'gstline21dec.c',
+    'gstcea708decoder.c',
+    'gstceaccoverlay.c',
+    'gstline21enc.c',
+    'ccutils.c',
+]
+
+closedcaption_headers = [
+  'gstline21dec.h',
+  'gstcea708decoder.h',
+  'gstcccombiner.h',
+  'gstcea608mux.h',
+  'gstccconverter.h',
+  'gstceaccoverlay.h',
+  'gstccextractor.h',
+  'ccutils.h',
+  'gstline21enc.h',
+]
+
 zvbi_sources = [
   'bit_slicer.c',
   'decoder.c',
@@ -9,10 +34,18 @@ zvbi_sources = [
   'io-sim.c',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: closedcaption_sources + closedcaption_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'closedcaption': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if closedcaption_dep.found()
   gstclosedcaption = library('gstclosedcaption',
-    'gstcccombiner.c', 'gstccextractor.c', 'gstccconverter.c', 'gstcea608mux.c', 'gstclosedcaption.c',
-    'gstline21dec.c', 'gstcea708decoder.c', 'gstceaccoverlay.c', 'gstline21enc.c', 'ccutils.c',
+    closedcaption_sources,
     zvbi_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/codec2json/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/codec2json/meson.build
index 96e4b7e719..2089606a0f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/codec2json/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/codec2json/meson.build
@@ -1,15 +1,31 @@
-codec2json_sources = files([
+codec2json_sources = [
   'gstav12json.c',
   'gsth2642json.c',
   'gsth2652json.c',
   'gstvp82json.c',
   'plugin.c',
-])
+]
 
 cp_args = [
   '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API',
 ]
 
+codec2json_headers = [
+  'gsth2652json.h',
+  'gsth2642json.h',
+  'gstvp82json.h',
+  'gstav12json.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: codec2json_sources + codec2json_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'codec2json': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 json_dep = dependency('json-glib-1.0', version : '>=1.6.6', fallback : ['json-glib', 'json_glib_dep'], required: get_option('codec2json'))
 
 if json_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/colormanagement/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/colormanagement/meson.build
index 187d089f5f..44bc2963cb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/colormanagement/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/colormanagement/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
 lcms2_dep = dependency('lcms2', version : '>= 2.7', required : get_option('colormanagement'))
+
+colormanagement_sources = [
+  'gstcolormanagement.c',
+  'gstlcms.c',
+]
+
+colormanagement_headers = [
+  'gstlcms.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: colormanagement_sources + colormanagement_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'colormanagement': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if lcms2_dep.found()
   gstcolormanagement = library('gstcolormanagement',
-    'gstcolormanagement.c', 'gstlcms.c',
+    colormanagement_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build
index eb8d286d6c..fb30cf6dbf 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/curl/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,31 @@ curl_sources = [
   'gstcurlqueue.c',
 ]
 
+curl_headers = [
+  'gstcurltlssink.h',
+  'gstcurlsshsink.h',
+  'gstcurlelements.h',
+  'gstcurlftpsink.h',
+  'gstcurlfilesink.h',
+  'gstcurlsmtpsink.h',
+  'gstcurlhttpsink.h',
+  'gstcurlqueue.h',
+  'gstcurlsftpsink.h',
+  'gstcurlbasesink.h',
+  'gstcurlhttpsrc.h',
+  'gstcurldefaults.h',
+  'curltask.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: curl_sources + curl_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'curl': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 curl_dep = dependency('libcurl', version : '>= 7.55.0', required : get_option('curl'))
 
 if curl_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dash/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dash/meson.build
index dbaf99e5e5..5ab28773bd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dash/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dash/meson.build
@@ -33,6 +33,50 @@ dash_sources = [
   'gstdashsink.c',
 ]
 
+dash_headers = [
+  'gstdashsink.h',
+  'gstmpdsegmenttemplatenode.h',
+  'gstdashdemux.h',
+  'gstmpdsubsetnode.h',
+  'gstmpdhelper.h',
+  'gstmpdrootnode.h',
+  'gstmpdrepresentationnode.h',
+  'gstmpdmultsegmentbasenode.h',
+  'gstmpdsubrepresentationnode.h',
+  'gstmpdsegmentlistnode.h',
+  'gstmpdclient.h',
+  'gstxmlhelper.h',
+  'gstmpdmetricsrangenode.h',
+  'gstmpdnode.h',
+  'gstmpdlocationnode.h',
+  'gstmpdutctimingnode.h',
+  'gstmpdsegmenturlnode.h',
+  'gstmpdrepresentationbasenode.h',
+  'gstmpdsnode.h',
+  'gstmpdurltypenode.h',
+  'gstmpdprograminformationnode.h',
+  'gstmpdsegmenttimelinenode.h',
+  'gstmpdsegmentbasenode.h',
+  'gstmpdadaptationsetnode.h',
+  'gstmpdmetricsnode.h',
+  'gstmpdreportingnode.h',
+  'gstmpdcontentcomponentnode.h',
+  'gstmpddescriptortypenode.h',
+  'gstmpdparser.h',
+  'gstmpdbaseurlnode.h',
+  'gstdash_debug.h',
+  'gstmpdperiodnode.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dash_sources + dash_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dash': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 xml2_dep = dependency('libxml-2.0',
   version : '>= 2.8',
   fallback : 'libxml2',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dc1394/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dc1394/meson.build
index 7255e64ed2..8152533e8c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dc1394/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dc1394/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,25 @@
 dc1394_dep = dependency('libdc1394-2', version: '>= 2.2.5', required: get_option('dc1394'))
+
+dc1394_sources = [
+  'gstdc1394src.c',
+]
+
+dc1394_headers = [
+  'gstdc1394src.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dc1394_sources + dc1394_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dc1394': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if dc1394_dep.found()
   gstdc1394 = library('gstdc1394',
-    'gstdc1394src.c',
+    dc1394_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies: [gstvideo_dep, dc1394_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/directfb/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/directfb/meson.build
index e3023c5e4c..be2c70bc06 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/directfb/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/directfb/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 directfb_dep = dependency('directfb', version : '>= 0.9.24', required : get_option('directfb'))
 
+directfb_sources = [
+  'dfbvideosink.c',
+]
+
+directfb_headers = [
+  'dfbvideosink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: directfb_sources + directfb_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'directfb': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if directfb_dep.found()
   gstdirectfb = library('gstdirectfb',
-    'dfbvideosink.c',
+    directfb_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + cc.get_supported_arguments('-Wno-redundant-decls'),
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, directfb_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build
index ca07da01e4..303fb54254 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dtls/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,28 @@ dtls_sources = [
   'gstdtlselement.c',
 ]
 
+dtls_headers = [
+  'gstdtlscertificate.h',
+  'gstdtlsenc.h',
+  'gstdtlssrtpenc.h',
+  'gstdtlselements.h',
+  'gstdtlssrtpdec.h',
+  'gstdtlsconnection.h',
+  'gstdtlsdec.h',
+  'gstdtlssrtpbin.h',
+  'gstdtlssrtpdemux.h',
+  'gstdtlsagent.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dtls_sources + dtls_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dtls': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 dtls_option = get_option('dtls').enable_if(get_option('webrtc').enabled(), error_message: 'webrtc option is enabled')
 openssl_dep = dependency('openssl', version: '>= 1.0.1', required: dtls_option)
 libcrypto_dep = dependency('libcrypto', required: dtls_option)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build
index c4868a4e44..dc884e03ab 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/dts/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ dts_opt = get_option('dts').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
   ''')
 
+dtsdec_sources = [
+  'gstdtsdec.c',
+]
+
+dtsdec_headers = [
+  'gstdtsdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dtsdec_sources + dtsdec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dtsdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 # Don't do any dependency checks if disabled
 if dts_opt.disabled()
   subdir_done()
@@ -28,7 +45,7 @@ endif
 
 if dca_dep.found()
   gstdtsdec = library('gstdtsdec',
-    'gstdtsdec.c',
+    dtsdec_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + no_warn_c_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faac/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faac/meson.build
index 4b1e54c4c8..cd689416eb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faac/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faac/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+faac_sources = [
+  'gstfaac.c',
+]
+
+faac_headers = [
+  'gstfaac.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: faac_sources + faac_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'faac': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 faac_dep = cc.find_library('faac', required : get_option('faac'))
 have_faac_h = cc.has_header_symbol('faac.h', 'faacEncOpen')
 if not have_faac_h and get_option('faac').enabled()
@@ -6,7 +23,7 @@ endif
 
 if faac_dep.found() and have_faac_h
   gstfaac = library('gstfaac',
-    'gstfaac.c',
+    faac_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gstpbutils_dep, gsttag_dep, faac_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faad/meson.build
index e7ba28c45f..cfe8328783 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/faad/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+faad_sources = [
+  'gstfaad.c',
+]
+
+faad_headers = [
+  'gstfaad.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: faad_sources + faad_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'faad': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 faad_opt = get_option('faad').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Plugin faad explicitly required via options but GPL-licensed plugins disabled via options.
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
@@ -20,7 +37,7 @@ faad_dep = cc.find_library('faad', required : faad_opt)
 
 if faad_dep.found() and have_faad_2_7
   gstfaad = library('gstfaad',
-    'gstfaad.c',
+    faad_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + [ '-DFAAD2_MINOR_VERSION=7', '-DFAAD_IS_NEAAC' ],
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fdkaac/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fdkaac/meson.build
index 834596ad82..a51dfc07f0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fdkaac/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fdkaac/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,27 @@
 fdkaac_dep = dependency('fdk-aac', allow_fallback: true, required : get_option('fdkaac'), include_type: 'system')
 
+fdkaac_sources = [
+  'gstfdkaac.c',
+  'gstfdkaacenc.c',
+  'gstfdkaacdec.c',
+  'gstfdkaacplugin.c',
+]
+
+fdkaac_headers = [
+  'gstfdkaacdec.h',
+  'gstfdkaacenc.h',
+  'gstfdkaac.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: fdkaac_sources + fdkaac_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'fdkaac': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if fdkaac_dep.found()
   fdkaac_defines = []
 
@@ -14,7 +36,7 @@ if fdkaac_dep.found()
   endif
 
   gstfdkaac = library('gstfdkaac',
-    ['gstfdkaac.c', 'gstfdkaacenc.c', 'gstfdkaacdec.c','gstfdkaacplugin.c'],
+    fdkaac_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + fdkaac_defines,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gstpbutils_dep, fdkaac_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/flite/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/flite/meson.build
index 8e8a654a8b..29adaabac2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/flite/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/flite/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@ flite_sources = [
   'gstflitetestsrc.c',
 ]
 
+flite_headers = [
+]
+
 flite_libs = [
   'flite',
   'flite_cmu_us_kal',
@@ -10,6 +13,15 @@ flite_libs = [
   'flite_cmulex'
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: flite_sources + flite_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'flite': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('flite').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fluidsynth/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fluidsynth/meson.build
index 20da6d8cd1..c4fa208a1e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fluidsynth/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/fluidsynth/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 fluidsynth_dep = dependency('fluidsynth', version : '>= 2.1', required : get_option('fluidsynth'))
 
+fluidsynthmidi_sources = [
+  'gstfluiddec.c',
+]
+
+fluidsynthmidi_headers = [
+  'gstfluiddec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: fluidsynthmidi_sources + fluidsynthmidi_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'fluidsynthmidi': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if fluidsynth_dep.found()
   gstfluidsynth = library('gstfluidsynthmidi',
-    'gstfluiddec.c',
+    fluidsynthmidi_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gst_dep, fluidsynth_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gme/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gme/meson.build
index 3f31e9cbea..4bac6e64cf 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gme/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gme/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+gme_sources = [
+  'gstgme.c',
+]
+
+gme_headers = [
+  'gstgme.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gme_sources + gme_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gme': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('gme').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -10,7 +27,9 @@ endif
 
 if have_gme
   cdata.set('HAVE_LIBGME_ACCURACY', cc.has_function('gme_enable_accuracy', dependencies: gme_dep))
-  gstgme = library('gstgme', 'gstgme.c',
+
+  gstgme = library('gstgme',
+    gme_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies: [gstaudio_dep, gme_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gs/meson.build
index 07429e40d7..3773b8633a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gs/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ gs_sources = [
   'gstgs.cpp',
 ]
 
+gs_headers = [
+  'gstgscommon.h',
+  'gstgssink.h',
+  'gstgssrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gs_sources + gs_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gs': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 gs_dep = dependency('google_cloud_cpp_storage', version : '>= 1.25.0', required : get_option('gs'))
 
 if gs_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gsm/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gsm/meson.build
index 5961cd0659..ee5d6d2976 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gsm/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gsm/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+gsm_sources = [
+  'gstgsm.c',
+  'gstgsmenc.c',
+  'gstgsmdec.c',
+]
+
+gsm_headers = [
+  'gstgsmenc.h',
+  'gstgsmdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gsm_sources + gsm_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gsm': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('gsm').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -17,7 +37,7 @@ endif
 
 if gsm_dep.found() and have_gsm_create
   gstgsm = library('gstgsm',
-    ['gstgsm.c', 'gstgsmenc.c', 'gstgsmdec.c'],
+    gsm_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + gsm_cargs,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gsm_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gtk/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gtk/meson.build
index 70a45b8c0b..f954490d14 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/gtk/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-if not use_wayland
-  subdir_done()
-endif
-
 gtkwayland_sources = [
   'gstplugin.c',
   'gstgtkutils.c',
@@ -10,6 +6,26 @@ gtkwayland_sources = [
   'gtkgstwaylandwidget.c',
 ]
 
+gtkwayland_headers = [
+  'gstgtkwaylandsink.h',
+  'gtkgstwaylandwidget.h',
+  'gtkgstbasewidget.h',
+  'gstgtkutils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gtkwayland_sources + gtkwayland_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gtkwayland': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if not use_wayland
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gtk_dep = dependency('gtk+-3.0', required : get_option('gtk3'))
 gtk_wayland_dep = dependency('gtk+-wayland-3.0', required : get_option('gtk3'))
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/hls/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/hls/meson.build
index bfd370bca9..e4340881d4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/hls/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/hls/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,26 @@ hls_sources = [
   'm3u8.c',
 ]
 
+hls_headers = [
+  'gstm3u8playlist.h',
+  'm3u8.h',
+  'gsthlsdemux.h',
+  'gsthlssink.h',
+  'gsthlselements.h',
+  'gsthlssink2.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: hls_sources + hls_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'hls': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+hls_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories : include_directories('.'))
+
 hls_cargs = ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 
 hls_crypto = get_option('hls-crypto')
@@ -64,4 +84,3 @@ gsthls = library('gsthls',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gsthls]
-hls_dep = declare_dependency(include_directories : include_directories('.'))
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/iqa/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/iqa/meson.build
index c9c8d7ce06..3899d84b82 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/iqa/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/iqa/meson.build
@@ -6,9 +6,26 @@ iqa_opt = get_option('iqa').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
 dssim_dep = dependency('dssim', required: iqa_opt,
     fallback: ['dssim', 'dssim_dep'])
 
+iqa_sources = [
+  'iqa.c',
+]
+
+iqa_headers = [
+  'iqa.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: iqa_sources + iqa_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'iqa': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if dssim_dep.found()
   gstiqa = library('gstiqa',
-    'iqa.c',
+    iqa_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args
              + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API', '-DHAVE_DSSIM']
              + cc.get_supported_arguments('-Wno-aggregate-return'),
@@ -19,4 +36,3 @@ if dssim_dep.found()
   )
   plugins += [gstiqa]
 endif
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/isac/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/isac/meson.build
index 68e9e4f5fe..4834b46520 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/isac/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/isac/meson.build
@@ -4,15 +4,29 @@ else
   webrtc_audio_coding_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-coding-1', required: get_option('isac'))
 endif
 
+isac_sources = [
+  'gstisac.c',
+  'gstisacenc.c',
+  'gstisacdec.c',
+  'gstisacutils.c',
+]
+
+isac_headers = [
+  'gstisacenc.h',
+  'gstisacdec.h',
+  'gstisacutils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: isac_sources + isac_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'isac': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
 
 if webrtc_audio_coding_dep.found()
-  isac_sources = [
-    'gstisac.c',
-    'gstisacenc.c',
-    'gstisacdec.c',
-    'gstisacutils.c',
-  ]
-
   gstisac = library('gstisac', isac_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ladspa/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ladspa/meson.build
index 946ef9b2d6..dd8f854a09 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ladspa/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ladspa/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ ladspa_sources = [
   'gstladspautils.c',
 ]
 
+ladspa_headers = [
+  'gstladspasink.h',
+  'gstladspa.h',
+  'gstladspautils.h',
+  'gstladspafilter.h',
+  'gstladspasource.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ladspa_sources + ladspa_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ladspa': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 ladspa_cargs = []
 
 if get_option('ladspa').disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lc3/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lc3/meson.build
index 89c24fd4a3..fd708cbe7e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lc3/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lc3/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ lc3_sources = [
   'gstlc3enc.c',
 ]
 
+lc3_headers = [
+  'gstlc3dec.h',
+  'gstlc3common.h',
+  'gstlc3enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: lc3_sources + lc3_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'lc3': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 lc3_dep = dependency('lc3', required:get_option ('lc3'))
 
 if lc3_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcdecoder/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcdecoder/meson.build
index f95c83c2bb..667adabec5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcdecoder/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcdecoder/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ lcevcdecoder_sources = [
   'gstlcevch264decodebin.c',
 ]
 
+lcevcdecoder_headers = [
+  'gstlcevcdec.h',
+  'gstlcevch264decodebin.h',
+  'gstlcevcdecutils.h',
+  'gstlcevcdecodebin.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: lcevcdecoder_sources + lcevcdecoder_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'lcevcdecoder': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 lcevc_dec_dep = dependency ('lcevc_dec', required: get_option('lcevcdecoder'))
 
 if lcevc_dec_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcencoder/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcencoder/meson.build
index 81ceffb85b..6898994d41 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcencoder/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lcevcencoder/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ lcevcencoder_sources = [
   'gstlcevch264enc.c',
 ]
 
+lcevcencoder_headers = [
+  'gstlcevcencoder.h',
+  'gstlcevcencoderutils.h',
+  'gstlcevch264enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: lcevcencoder_sources + lcevcencoder_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'lcevcencoder': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 lcevc_eil_dep = dependency ('lcevc_eil', required: get_option('lcevcencoder'))
 
 if lcevc_eil_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ldac/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ldac/meson.build
index 389af653e8..620a50b224 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ldac/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ldac/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ ldac_sources = [
   'gstldacenc.c',
 ]
 
+ldac_headers = [
+  'gstldacenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ldac_sources + ldac_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ldac': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 ldac_dep = dependency('ldacBT-enc', required : get_option('ldac'))
 
 if ldac_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/libde265/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/libde265/meson.build
index 1cd7dd6aa1..bacbe20551 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/libde265/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/libde265/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ de265_sources = [
   'libde265-dec.c',
 ]
 
+de265_headers = [
+  'libde265-dec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: de265_sources + de265_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'de265': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 de265_dep = dependency('libde265', version : '>= 0.9', required : get_option('libde265'))
 
 if de265_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lv2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lv2/meson.build
index c6ad91f70c..fce49f374b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lv2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/lv2/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,20 @@ lv2_sources = [
   'gstlv2utils.c',
 ]
 
+lv2_headers = [
+  'gstlv2.h',
+  'gstlv2utils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: lv2_sources + lv2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'lv2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 lv2_dep = dependency('lilv-0', version : '>= 0.22', required : get_option('lv2'))
 if lv2_dep.found()
   gstlv2 = library('gstlv2',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mdns/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mdns/meson.build
index ffa7493d31..e2759b1d8e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mdns/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mdns/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,29 @@
 microdns_dep = dependency('microdns', required: get_option('microdns'),
   fallback: ['libmicrodns', 'mdns_dep'])
 
+microdns_sources = [
+  'gstmicrodns.c',
+  'gstmicrodnsdevice.c',
+]
+
+microdns_headers = [
+  'gstmicrodnsdevice.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: microdns_sources + microdns_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'microdns': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if microdns_dep.found()
   incdirs = [configinc]
 
   gstmicrodns = library('gstmicrodns',
-    ['gstmicrodns.c', 'gstmicrodnsdevice.c'],
+    microdns_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : incdirs,
     dependencies : [gst_dep, microdns_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/modplug/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/modplug/meson.build
index 0cd30252fa..aac5d14a7a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/modplug/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/modplug/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+modplug_sources = [
+  'gstmodplug.cc',
+]
+
+modplug_headers = [
+  'gstmodplug.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: modplug_sources + modplug_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'modplug': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if not add_languages('cpp', native: false, required: get_option('modplug'))
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -6,7 +23,7 @@ modplug_dep = dependency('libmodplug', required: get_option('modplug'))
 
 if modplug_dep.found()
   gstmodplug = library('gstmodplug',
-    'gstmodplug.cc',
+    modplug_sources,
     cpp_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies: [gstaudio_dep, modplug_dep, libm],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mpeg2enc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mpeg2enc/meson.build
index baa0a62745..6222b13059 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mpeg2enc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mpeg2enc/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,31 @@ mpeg2enc_opt = get_option('mpeg2enc').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
 mjpegtools_dep = dependency('mjpegtools', version : '>=2.0.0', required : mpeg2enc_opt)
 mpeg2enc_dep = cxx.find_library('mpeg2encpp', required : mpeg2enc_opt)
 
+mpeg2enc_sources = [
+  'gstmpeg2enc.cc',
+  'gstmpeg2encoptions.cc',
+  'gstmpeg2encoder.cc',
+  'gstmpeg2encstreamwriter.cc',
+  'gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc',
+]
+
+mpeg2enc_headers = [
+  'gstmpeg2enc.hh',
+  'gstmpeg2encoptions.hh',
+  'gstmpeg2encpicturereader.hh',
+  'gstmpeg2encoder.hh',
+  'gstmpeg2encstreamwriter.hh',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mpeg2enc_sources + mpeg2enc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpeg2enc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if mjpegtools_dep.found() and mpeg2enc_dep.found()
   no_warn_args = []
   foreach arg : [
@@ -22,11 +47,7 @@ if mjpegtools_dep.found() and mpeg2enc_dep.found()
   endforeach
 
   gstmpeg2enc = library('gstmpeg2enc',
-    'gstmpeg2enc.cc',
-    'gstmpeg2encoptions.cc',
-    'gstmpeg2encoder.cc',
-    'gstmpeg2encstreamwriter.cc',
-    'gstmpeg2encpicturereader.cc',
+    mpeg2enc_sources,
     cpp_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_MJPEGTOOLS_API=20000'] + no_warn_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mplex/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mplex/meson.build
index 024293b267..1241732816 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mplex/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/mplex/meson.build
@@ -7,12 +7,32 @@ mplex_opt = get_option('mplex').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
 mjpegtools_dep = dependency('mjpegtools', version : '>=2.0.0', required : mplex_opt)
 mplex2_dep = cxx.find_library('mplex2', required : mplex_opt)
 
+mplex_sources = [
+  'gstmplex.cc',
+  'gstmplexibitstream.cc',
+  'gstmplexjob.cc',
+  'gstmplexoutputstream.cc',
+]
+
+mplex_headers = [
+  'gstmplex.hh',
+  'gstmplexibitstream.hh',
+  'gstmplexoutputstream.hh',
+  'gstmplexjob.hh',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mplex_sources + mplex_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mplex': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if mjpegtools_dep.found() and mplex2_dep.found()
   gstmplex2 = library('gstmplex',
-    'gstmplex.cc',
-    'gstmplexibitstream.cc',
-    'gstmplexjob.cc',
-    'gstmplexoutputstream.cc',
+    mplex_sources,
     cpp_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_MJPEGTOOLS_API=20000'],
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/meson.build
index 1cec04dd5a..f946078efb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/musepack/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,27 @@
 mpcdec_dep = cc.find_library('mpcdec', required: get_option('musepack'))
 
+musepack_sources = [
+  'gstmusepackdec.c', 
+  'gstmusepackreader.c',
+]
+
+musepack_headers = [
+  'gstmusepackreader.h',
+  'gstmusepackdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: musepack_sources + musepack_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'musepack': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if mpcdec_dep.found() and cc.has_header_symbol('mpc/mpcdec.h', 'mpc_demux_init', dependencies: mpcdec_dep)
   gstmusepack = library('gstmusepack',
-    'gstmusepackdec.c', 'gstmusepackreader.c',
+    musepack_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build
index 7c2696cfa1..05e7776341 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/neon/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 neon_dep = dependency('neon', version: '>= 0.27', required: get_option('neon'))
 
+neonhttpsrc_sources = [
+  'gstneonhttpsrc.c',
+]
+
+neonhttpsrc_headers = [
+  'gstneonhttpsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: neonhttpsrc_sources + neonhttpsrc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'neonhttpsrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if neon_dep.found()
   gstneon = library('gstneonhttpsrc',
-    'gstneonhttpsrc.c',
+    neonhttpsrc_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstbase_dep, neon_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvcomp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvcomp/meson.build
index ffb40867b2..b267c92338 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvcomp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvcomp/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,22 @@ nvcomp_sources = [
   'gstnvcompvideoenc.cpp',
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
+
+nvcomp_headers = [
+  'gstnvcomp.h',
+  'gstnvcompvideoenc.h',
+  'gstnvcompvideodec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: nvcomp_sources + nvcomp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'nvcomp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 
 nvcomp_opt = get_option('nvcomp')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvdswrapper/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvdswrapper/meson.build
index b8501ff95a..a740a713f2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvdswrapper/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/nvdswrapper/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ nvdswrapper_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
   'gstnvdsdewarp.cpp',
 ]
+
+nvdswrapper_headers = [
+  'gstnvdsdewarp.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: nvdswrapper_sources + nvdswrapper_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'nvdswrapper': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 
 nvdswrapper_opt = get_option('nvdswrapper')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/meson.build
index 001d3f4648..8c7ee27704 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/onnx/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
+onnx_sources = [
+  'gstonnx.c',
+  'gstonnxinference.cpp',
+  'gstonnxclient.cpp',
+]
+
+onnx_headers = [
+  'gstonnxinference.h',
+  'gstml.h',
+  'gstonnxclient.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: onnx_sources + onnx_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'onnx': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('onnx').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
-
 onnxrt_dep = dependency('libonnxruntime', version : '>= 1.16.1', required : get_option('onnx'))
 
 extra_args = []
@@ -13,10 +33,8 @@ if gstcuda_dep.found()
 endif
 
 if onnxrt_dep.found()
-    gstonnx = library('gstonnx',
-    'gstonnx.c',
-    'gstonnxinference.cpp',
-    'gstonnxclient.cpp',
+  gstonnx = library('gstonnx',
+    onnx_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + extra_args,
     cpp_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + extra_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
@@ -27,4 +45,4 @@ if onnxrt_dep.found()
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )
   plugins += [gstonnx]
- endif
+endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openal/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openal/meson.build
index 8a2f43006b..94cb5ce047 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openal/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openal/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,30 @@
 openal_dep = dependency('openal', method: 'pkg-config', version: '>= 1.14', required: get_option('openal'))
 
+openal_sources = [
+  'gstopenal.c',
+  'gstopenalelement.c',
+  'gstopenalsink.c',
+  'gstopenalsrc.c',
+]
+
+openal_headers = [
+  'gstopenalelements.h',
+  'gstopenalsink.h',
+  'gstopenalsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openal_sources + openal_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openal': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if openal_dep.found()
   gstopenal = library('gstopenal',
-    'gstopenal.c', 'gstopenalelement.c', 'gstopenalsink.c', 'gstopenalsrc.c',
+    openal_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies: [gstaudio_dep, openal_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openaptx/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openaptx/meson.build
index ee434ca44e..fddae33b15 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openaptx/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openaptx/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ openaptx_sources = [
   'gstopenaptxenc.c',
 ]
 
+openaptx_headers = [
+  'gstopenaptxenc.h',
+  'openaptx-plugin.h',
+  'gstopenaptxdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openaptx_sources + openaptx_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openaptx': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if not get_option('openaptx').allowed()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opencv/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opencv/meson.build
index bd3a07d7b0..e2676f354b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opencv/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opencv/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,3 @@
-if get_option('opencv').disabled()
-  opencv_dep = disabler()
-  subdir_done()
-endif
-
 gstopencv_sources = [
   'gstcvdilate.cpp',
   'gstcvdilateerode.cpp',
@@ -34,6 +29,48 @@ gstopencv_sources = [
   'gstcvtracker.cpp'
 ]
 
+gstopencv_headers = [
+  'gstcvlaplace.h',
+  'gstcameracalibrate.h',
+  'gstcverode.h',
+  'gstsegmentation.h',
+  'gsttextoverlay.h',
+  'gstcvequalizehist.h',
+  'gstdisparity.h',
+  'gstgrabcut.h',
+  'gstedgedetect.h',
+  'gstskindetect.h',
+  'gsttemplatematch.h',
+  'gstfacedetect.h',
+  'gstretinex.h',
+  'MotionCells.h',
+  'gstcvdilateerode.h',
+  'gstdewarp.h',
+  'motioncells_wrapper.h',
+  'gstcvdilate.h',
+  'gstcvsobel.h',
+  'gstfaceblur.h',
+  'gstmotioncells.h',
+  'gstcvsmooth.h',
+  'gsthanddetect.h',
+  'gstcameraundistort.h',
+  'gstcvtracker.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstopencv_sources + gstopencv_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'opencv': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('opencv').disabled()
+  opencv_dep = disabler()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 if opencv_found
   gstopencv = library('gstopencv',
     gstopencv_sources,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openexr/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openexr/meson.build
index 66f8d87828..cb80645212 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openexr/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openexr/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,24 @@
 openexr_dep = dependency('OpenEXR', modules: ['OpenEXR::IlmImf'], required: get_option('openexr'))
 
+openexr_sources = [
+  'gstopenexr.c',
+  'gstopenexrdec.cpp',
+]
+
+openexr_headers = [
+  'gstopenexr.h',
+  'gstopenexrdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openexr_sources + openexr_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openexr': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if openexr_dep.found()
   openexr_override_options = []
   # Older versions of openexr fail to build with -Werror when using GCC >= 9.2
@@ -22,8 +41,7 @@ if openexr_dep.found()
   endif
 
   gstopenexr = library('gstopenexr',
-    'gstopenexr.c',
-    'gstopenexrdec.cpp',
+    openexr_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     cpp_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args: noseh_link_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openh264/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openh264/meson.build
index c6f247e1cd..4b2fc5d071 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openh264/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openh264/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ openh264_sources = [
   'gstopenh264plugin.c',
 ]
 
+openh264_headers = [
+  'gstopenh264enc.h',
+  'gstopenh264elements.h',
+  'gstopenh264dec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openh264_sources + openh264_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openh264': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 openh264_dep = dependency('openh264', version : '>= 1.3.0',
                           required : get_option('openh264'),
                           fallback: ['openh264', 'openh264_dep'])
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openjpeg/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openjpeg/meson.build
index 05a895e952..a9968b7266 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openjpeg/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openjpeg/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ openjpeg_sources = [
   'gstopenjpegenc.c',
 ]
 
+openjpeg_headers = [
+  'gstopenjpegenc.h',
+  'gstopenjpeg.h',
+  'gstopenjpegdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openjpeg_sources + openjpeg_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openjpeg': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 openjpeg_cargs = []
 
 openjpeg_dep = dependency('libopenjp2', version : '>=2.2',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openmpt/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openmpt/meson.build
index 3ef0860552..2210f15c2e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openmpt/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openmpt/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,26 @@
 openmpt_dep = dependency('libopenmpt', required: get_option('openmpt'))
+
+openmpt_sources = [
+  'gstopenmptdec.c',
+  'plugin.c',
+]
+
+openmpt_headers = [
+  'gstopenmptdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openmpt_sources + openmpt_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openmpt': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if openmpt_dep.found()
   gstopenmpt = library('gstopenmpt',
-    'gstopenmptdec.c', 'plugin.c',
+    openmpt_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies: [gstbadaudio_dep, gstaudio_dep, openmpt_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openni2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openni2/meson.build
index 4d0a26a044..552b2d99a3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openni2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/openni2/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,30 @@
+openni2_sources = [
+  'gstopenni2.cpp',
+  'gstopenni2src.cpp',
+]
+
+openni2_headers = [
+  'gstopenni2src.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: openni2_sources + openni2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'openni2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if not add_languages('cpp', native: false, required: get_option('openni2'))
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
 openni2_dep = dependency('libopenni2', version: '>= 0.26', required: get_option('openni2'))
+
 if openni2_dep.found()
   gstopenni2 = library('gstopenni2',
-    'gstopenni2.cpp', 'gstopenni2src.cpp',
+    openni2_sources,
     cpp_args: gst_plugins_bad_args + cc.get_supported_arguments(['-Wno-undef']),
     link_args: noseh_link_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opus/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opus/meson.build
index 5b20200bff..f6e07e5683 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opus/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/opus/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ opus_sources = [
   'gstopusparse.c',
 ]
 
+opus_headers = [
+  'gstopusheader.h',
+  'gstopusparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: opus_sources + opus_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'opusparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 opus_dep = dependency('opus', version : '>= 0.9.4', required : get_option('opus'))
 
 if opus_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qroverlay/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qroverlay/meson.build
index 42fbed99df..a6980dd259 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qroverlay/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qroverlay/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,34 @@
 qrencode_dep = dependency('libqrencode', required: get_option('qroverlay'))
+
+qroverlay_sources = [
+  'gstqroverlay.c',
+  'gstdebugqroverlay.c',
+  'gstbaseqroverlay.c',
+  'gstqroverlayelement.c',
+  'gstqroverlayplugin.c',
+]
+
+qroverlay_headers = [
+  'gstbaseqroverlay.h',
+  'gstdebugqroverlay.h',
+  'gstqroverlayelements.h',
+  'gstqroverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: qroverlay_sources + qroverlay_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'qroverlay': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if qrencode_dep.found()
   json_dep = dependency('json-glib-1.0', fallback : ['json-glib', 'json_glib_dep'], required: get_option('qroverlay'))
   if json_dep.found()
-    gstqroverlay = library('gstqroverlay', ['gstqroverlay.c', 'gstdebugqroverlay.c', 'gstbaseqroverlay.c', 'gstqroverlayelement.c', 'gstqroverlayplugin.c'],
+    gstqroverlay = library('gstqroverlay',
+      qroverlay_sources,
       c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
       include_directories : [configinc],
       dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, qrencode_dep, json_dep],
@@ -12,4 +38,3 @@ if qrencode_dep.found()
     plugins += [gstqroverlay]
   endif
 endif
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qt6d3d11/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qt6d3d11/meson.build
index d94bfdf522..85ab08e18e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qt6d3d11/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/qt6d3d11/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ gstqt6d3d11_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+gstqt6d3d11_headers = [
+  'gstqml6d3d11sink.h',
+  'gstqsg6d3d11node.h',
+  'gstqt6d3d11videoitem.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstqt6d3d11_sources + gstqt6d3d11_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'qt6d3d11': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 moc_headers = [
   'gstqsg6d3d11node.h',
   'gstqt6d3d11videoitem.h'
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/resindvd/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/resindvd/meson.build
index 3f3c8f2e5e..ecada7ba82 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/resindvd/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/resindvd/meson.build
@@ -15,6 +15,27 @@ resindvd_sources = [
   'rsnparsetter.c',
 ]
 
+resindvd_headers = [
+  'gstpesfilter.h',
+  'rsnparsetter.h',
+  'resindvdsrc.h',
+  'gstmpegdemux.h',
+  'gstmpegdesc.h',
+  'rsninputselector.h',
+  'resindvdbin.h',
+  'rsndec.h',
+  'gstmpegdefs.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: resindvd_sources + resindvd_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'resindvd': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 dvdnav_dep = dependency('dvdnav', version : '>= 4.1.2', required : resindvd_opt)
 dvdread_dep = dependency('dvdread', version : '>= 4.1.2', required : resindvd_opt)
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rsvg/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rsvg/meson.build
index 1b95d2ae2c..4399d4a110 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rsvg/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rsvg/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ rsvg_sources = [
   'gstrsvgoverlay.c',
 ]
 
+rsvg_headers = [
+  'gstrsvgdec.h',
+  'gstrsvgoverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rsvg_sources + rsvg_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rsvg': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 cairo_dep = dependency('cairo', version: '>= 1.16.0', allow_fallback: true, required : get_option('rsvg'))
 rsvg_dep = dependency('librsvg-2.0', version : '>= 2.36.2', required : get_option('rsvg'))
 if cairo_dep.found() and rsvg_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rtmp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rtmp/meson.build
index b2970551ad..2e3c76ff07 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rtmp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/rtmp/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ rtmp_sources = [
   'gstrtmpsrc.c',
 ]
 
+rtmp_headers = [
+  'gstrtmpelements.h',
+  'gstrtmpsrc.h',
+  'gstrtmpsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rtmp_sources + rtmp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtmp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 rtmp_dep = dependency('librtmp', required : get_option('rtmp'))
 
 if rtmp_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sbc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sbc/meson.build
index 32247ac07d..8ff81b2c1f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sbc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sbc/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ sbc_sources = [
   'gstsbcenc.c',
 ]
 
+sbc_headers = [
+  'gstsbcdec.h',
+  'gstsbcenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: sbc_sources + sbc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'sbc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 sbc_dep = dependency('sbc', version : '>= 1.0', required : get_option('sbc'))
 
 if sbc_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build
index 2b4f88a86d..9ca55091de 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sctp/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ sctp_sources = [
   'sctpassociation.c'
 ]
 
+sctp_headers = [
+  'gstsctpdec.h',
+  'gstsctpenc.h',
+  'sctpassociation.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: sctp_sources + sctp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'sctp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 sctp_option = get_option('sctp').enable_if(get_option('webrtc').enabled(), error_message: 'webrtc option is enabled')
 if sctp_option.disabled()
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/smoothstreaming/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/smoothstreaming/meson.build
index 4a5372145d..e9ee60d632 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/smoothstreaming/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/smoothstreaming/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ smoothstreaming_sources = [
   'gstsmoothstreaming-plugin.c',
 ]
 
+smoothstreaming_headers = [
+  'gstmssmanifest.h',
+  'gstmssdemux.h',
+  'gstmssfragmentparser.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: smoothstreaming_sources + smoothstreaming_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'smoothstreaming': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 xml28_dep = dependency('libxml-2.0', version : '>= 2.8', required : get_option('smoothstreaming'))
 
 if xml28_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sndfile/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sndfile/meson.build
index 70233169b9..3fff440ed2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sndfile/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/sndfile/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,32 @@
 sndfile_dep = dependency('sndfile', version: '>= 1.0.16', required: get_option('sndfile'))
 
+sndfile_sources = [
+  'gstsf.c',
+  'gstsfelement.c',
+  'gstsfdec.c',
+  # 'gstsfsink.c',
+  # 'gstsfsrc.c',
+]
+
+sndfile_headers = [
+  'gstsfelements.h',
+  'gstsfdec.h',
+  'gstsfsrc.h',
+  'gstsfsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: sndfile_sources + sndfile_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'sndfile': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if sndfile_dep.found()
   gstsndfile = library('gstsndfile',
-    'gstsf.c', 'gstsfelement.c', 'gstsfdec.c', # 'gstsfsink.c', 'gstsfsrc.c',
+    sndfile_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies: [gstaudio_dep, gst_dep, sndfile_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/soundtouch/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/soundtouch/meson.build
index d3eec79bd8..8ea3f26576 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/soundtouch/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/soundtouch/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ soundtouch_sources = [
   'gstbpmdetect.cc',
 ]
 
+soundtouch_headers = [
+  'gstbpmdetect.hh',
+  'gstpitch.hh',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: soundtouch_sources + soundtouch_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'soundtouch': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 soundtouch_cargs = ['-DHAVE_SOUNDTOUCH']
 if get_option('soundtouch').disabled()
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/spandsp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/spandsp/meson.build
index a378b52244..6a0e4a60fc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/spandsp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/spandsp/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,21 @@ spandsp_sources = [
   'gsttonegeneratesrc.h',
 ]
 
+spandsp_headers = [
+  'gstspanplc.h',
+  'gstdtmfdetect.h',
+  'gsttonegeneratesrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: spandsp_sources + spandsp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'spandsp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 spandsp_dep = dependency('spandsp', version : '>= 0.0.6', required : get_option('spandsp'))
 
 if spandsp_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srt/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srt/meson.build
index ce4dee0a58..944ef986e0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srt/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srt/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,24 @@ srt_sources = [
   'gstsrtsink.c',
   'gstsrtsrc.c'
 ]
+
+srt_headers = [
+  'gstsrtelements.h',
+  'gstsrtsrc.h',
+  'gstsrtsink.h',
+  'gstsrtobject.h',
+  'gstsrt-enums.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: srt_sources + srt_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'srt': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 srt_option = get_option('srt')
 if srt_option.disabled()
   srt_dep = dependency('', required : false)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build
index d15d58c132..e50afd8418 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/srtp/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ srtp_sources = [
   'gstsrtpenc.c',
 ]
 
+srtp_headers = [
+  'gstsrtp.h',
+  'gstsrtpenums.h',
+  'gstsrtpenc.h',
+  'gstsrtpdec.h',
+  'gstsrtpelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: srtp_sources + srtp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'srtp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 srtp_cargs = []
 srtp_option = get_option('srtp').enable_if(get_option('webrtc').enabled(), error_message: 'webrtc option is enabled')
 if srtp_option.disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/meson.build
index 202720c911..a33eeab847 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtav1/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ svtav1_sources = [
   'gstsvtav1enc.c',
 ]
 
+svtav1_headers = [
+  'gstsvtav1enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: svtav1_sources + svtav1_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'svtav1': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 svtav1_dep = dependency('SvtAv1Enc', version : '>= 1.1', required: get_option('svtav1'))
 
 if svtav1_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svthevcenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svthevcenc/meson.build
index bdefed8b60..2ffae25b26 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svthevcenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svthevcenc/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ svthevcenc_sources = [
   'gstsvthevcenc.c',
 ]
 
+svthevcenc_headers = [
+  'gstsvthevcenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: svthevcenc_sources + svthevcenc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'svthevcenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 svthevcenc_dep = dependency('SvtHevcEnc', version : '>= 1.4.1', required: get_option('svthevcenc'))
 
 if svthevcenc_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtjpegxs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtjpegxs/meson.build
index 741065d0fa..e76262e982 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtjpegxs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/svtjpegxs/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ svtjpegxs_sources = [
   'gstsvtjpegxsenc.c',
 ]
 
+svtjpegxs_headers = [
+  'gstsvtjpegxsdec.h',
+  'gstsvtjpegxsenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: svtjpegxs_sources + svtjpegxs_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'svtjpegxs': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 svtjpegxs_dep = dependency('SvtJpegxs', version: '>= 0.9', required: get_option('svtjpegxs'))
 
 if svtjpegxs_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/teletextdec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/teletextdec/meson.build
index 9f06fc01b6..9598f284a3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/teletextdec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/teletextdec/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 zvbi_dep = dependency('zvbi-0.2', required: get_option('teletext'))
 
+teletext_sources = [
+  'gstteletextdec.c',
+]
+
+teletext_headers = [
+  'gstteletextdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: teletext_sources + teletext_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'teletext': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if zvbi_dep.found()
   gstteletext = library('gstteletext',
-    'gstteletextdec.c',
+    teletext_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args: noseh_link_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ttml/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ttml/meson.build
index 63a12a4fd0..34d7a5c790 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ttml/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/ttml/meson.build
@@ -3,15 +3,37 @@ pango_dep = dependency('pango', required : get_option('ttml'))
 cairo_dep = dependency('cairo', required : get_option('ttml'))
 pangocairo_dep = dependency('pangocairo', required : get_option('ttml'))
 
+ttmlsubs_sources = [
+  'subtitle.c',
+   'subtitlemeta.c',
+   'gstttmlparse.c',
+   'ttmlparse.c',
+   'gstttmlrender.c',
+   'gstttmlelement.c',
+   'gstttmlplugin.c',
+]
+
+ttmlsubs_headers = [
+  'gstttmlelements.h',
+  'subtitlemeta.h',
+  'gstttmlparse.h',
+  'subtitle.h',
+  'gstttmlrender.h',
+  'ttmlparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ttmlsubs_sources + ttmlsubs_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ttmlsubs': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if libxml_dep.found() and pango_dep.found() and cairo_dep.found() and pangocairo_dep.found()
   gstttmlsubs = library('gstttmlsubs',
-    ['subtitle.c',
-     'subtitlemeta.c',
-     'gstttmlparse.c',
-     'ttmlparse.c',
-     'gstttmlrender.c',
-     'gstttmlelement.c',
-     'gstttmlplugin.c'],
+    ttmlsubs_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + cc.get_supported_arguments(['-Wno-aggregate-return']),
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, libxml_dep, pango_dep, cairo_dep, pangocairo_dep, libm],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voaacenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voaacenc/meson.build
index 748f08b944..9aa50e98a3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voaacenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voaacenc/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 voaac_sources = ['gstvoaac.c', 'gstvoaacenc.c']
 
+voaac_headers = [
+  'gstvoaacenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: voaac_sources + voaac_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'voaacenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 voaac_dep = dependency('vo-aacenc', required : get_option('voaacenc'))
 
 if voaac_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voamrwbenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voamrwbenc/meson.build
index 4399c3ff15..f593b8c43f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voamrwbenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/voamrwbenc/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 voamrwbenc_dep = dependency('vo-amrwbenc', version: '>= 0.1.0', required: get_option('voamrwbenc'))
 
+voamrwbenc_sources = [
+  'gstvoamrwb.c',
+  'gstvoamrwbenc.c',
+]
+
+voamrwbenc_headers = [
+  'gstvoamrwbenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: voamrwbenc_sources + voamrwbenc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'voamrwbenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if voamrwbenc_dep.found()
   gstvoamrwbenc = library('gstvoamrwbenc',
-    'gstvoamrwb.c', 'gstvoamrwbenc.c',
+    voamrwbenc_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     link_args: noseh_link_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
@@ -11,9 +29,9 @@ if voamrwbenc_dep.found()
     install_dir: plugins_install_dir,
   )
   plugins += [gstvoamrwbenc]
-
-  install_data('GstVoAmrwbEnc.prs', install_dir: presetdir)
-  env = environment()
-  env.prepend('GST_PRESET_PATH', meson.current_source_dir())
-  meson.add_devenv(env)
 endif
+
+install_data('GstVoAmrwbEnc.prs', install_dir: presetdir)
+env = environment()
+env.prepend('GST_PRESET_PATH', meson.current_source_dir())
+meson.add_devenv(env)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/meson.build
index 9a3319a3af..e6914239e1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/vulkan/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,49 @@
+vulkan_sources = [
+  'gstvulkan.c',
+  'gstvulkanelement.c',
+  'vkdownload.c',
+  'vkdeviceprovider.c',
+  'vksink.c',
+  'vkupload.c',
+]
+
+vulkan_headers = [
+  'gstvulkanelements.h',
+  'vkcolorconvert.h',
+  'vkdeviceprovider.h',
+  'vkdownload.h',
+  'vkh264dec.h',
+  'vkh265dec.h',
+  'vkimageidentity.h',
+  'vkoverlaycompositor.h',
+  'vkshaderspv.h',
+  'vksink.h',
+  'vkupload.h',
+  'vkviewconvert.h',
+]
+
+glsc_sources = [
+  'vkcolorconvert.c',
+  'vkimageidentity.c',
+  'vkshaderspv.c',
+  'vkviewconvert.c',
+  'vkoverlaycompositor.c',
+]
+
+video_sources = [
+  'vkh264dec.c',
+  'vkh265dec.c',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vulkan_sources + glsc_sources + video_sources + vulkan_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'vulkan': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('vulkan').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -13,14 +59,6 @@ endif
 extra_deps = []
 extra_args = []
 
-vulkan_sources = files(
-  'gstvulkan.c',
-  'gstvulkanelement.c',
-  'vkdownload.c',
-  'vkdeviceprovider.c',
-  'vksink.c',
-  'vkupload.c',
-)
 vulkan_plugin_enums = []
 
 glslc = find_program('glslc', required: false)
@@ -36,13 +74,7 @@ else
   extra_args += ['-DHAVE_GLSLC']
   subdir('shaders')
 
-  vulkan_sources += files(
-    'vkcolorconvert.c',
-    'vkimageidentity.c',
-    'vkshaderspv.c',
-    'vkviewconvert.c',
-    'vkoverlaycompositor.c',
-  )
+  vulkan_sources += glsc_sources
   vulkan_plugin_enum_headers = files(
     'vkviewconvert.h',
   )
@@ -53,7 +85,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 if vulkan_conf.get('GST_VULKAN_HAVE_VIDEO_EXTENSIONS') == 1
-  vulkan_sources += files('vkh264dec.c', 'vkh265dec.c')
+  vulkan_sources += video_sources
   extra_deps += gstcodecs_dep
   extra_args += ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/meson.build
index 29c7e2febf..56e9013100 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wayland/meson.build
@@ -2,15 +2,27 @@ wl_sources = [
     'gstwaylandsink.c'
 ]
 
-if use_wayland
+wl_headers = [
+  'gstwaylandsink.h',
+]
 
-    gstwaylandsink = library('gstwaylandsink',
-        wl_sources,
-        c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
-        include_directories : [configinc],
-        dependencies : [gst_dep, gstvideo_dep, gstwayland_dep],
-        install : true,
-        install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
-    )
-    plugins += [gstwaylandsink]
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wl_sources + wl_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'waylandsink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if use_wayland
+  gstwaylandsink = library('gstwaylandsink',
+    wl_sources,
+    c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
+    include_directories : [configinc],
+    dependencies : [gst_dep, gstvideo_dep, gstwayland_dep],
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+  )
+  plugins += [gstwaylandsink]
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webp/meson.build
index 1d9f63a59a..ff28cd1f72 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webp/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ webp_sources = [
   'gstwebpenc.c',
 ]
 
+webp_headers = [
+  'gstwebpdec.h',
+  'gstwebpenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: webp_sources + webp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'webp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 webp_dep = dependency('libwebp', version : '>= 0.2.1', required : get_option('webp'))
 webpmux_dep = dependency('libwebpmux', version : '>= 0.2.1', required : get_option('webp'))
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtc/meson.build
index 151cb9a8e0..6171819e03 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtc/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,29 @@ webrtc_sources = [
   'webrtcdatachannel.c',
 ]
 
+webrtc_headers = [
+  'transportstream.h',
+  'gstwebrtcbin.h',
+  'transportreceivebin.h',
+  'fwd.h',
+  'transportsendbin.h',
+  'webrtcdatachannel.h',
+  'webrtcsctptransport.h',
+  'webrtctransceiver.h',
+  'utils.h',
+  'webrtcsdp.h',
+  'gstwebrtcstats.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: webrtc_sources + webrtc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'webrtc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 webrtc_option = get_option('webrtc').require(
   libgstwebrtcnice_dep.found(), error_message: 'webrtc plugin requires libgstwebrtcnice.')
 if webrtc_option.disabled()
@@ -28,4 +51,3 @@ gstwebrtc_plugin = library('gstwebrtc',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstwebrtc_plugin]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtcdsp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtcdsp/meson.build
index d915e057c8..5f8b9483f3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtcdsp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/webrtcdsp/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,19 @@ webrtc_sources = [
   'gstwebrtcdspplugin.cpp'
 ]
 
+webrtc_headers = [
+  'gstwebrtcechoprobe.h',
+  'gstwebrtcdsp.h',
+]
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: webrtc_sources + webrtc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'webrtcdsp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 webrtc_dep = dependency('webrtc-audio-processing-1', version : ['>= 1.0'],
                         required : get_option('webrtcdsp'))
 
@@ -20,3 +33,4 @@ if webrtc_dep.found()
   )
   plugins += [gstwebrtcdsp]
 endif
+
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wildmidi/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wildmidi/meson.build
index cd71f39e5d..4d43bfb506 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wildmidi/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wildmidi/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+wildmidi_sources = [
+  'gstwildmididec.c',
+]
+
+wildmidi_headers = [
+  'gstwildmididec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wildmidi_sources + wildmidi_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wildmidi': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('wildmidi').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -23,7 +40,7 @@ endif
 
 if wildmidi_dep.found()
   gstwildmidi = library('gstwildmidi',
-    'gstwildmididec.c',
+    wildmidi_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies: [gstaudio_dep, gstbadaudio_dep, wildmidi_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/meson.build
index ac94f33760..30055b9905 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/wpe/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+wpe_sources = [
+  'gstwpethreadedview.cpp','gstwpe.cpp',
+  'gstwpevideosrc.cpp',
+  'gstwpesrcbin.cpp',
+]
+
+wpe_headers = [
+  'gstwpesrcbin.h',
+  'gstwpevideosrc.h',
+  'gstwpe.h',
+  'gstwpethreadedview.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wpe_sources + wpe_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wpe': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 building_wpe = false
 wpe_feat = get_option('wpe').require(gstgl_dep.found(),
   error_message : 'wpe plugin enabled but GL support was not detected')
@@ -55,8 +77,9 @@ giounix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required: false)
 wpe_extension_install_dir = get_option('prefix') / get_option('libdir') / meson.project_name() / 'wpe-extension'
 
 building_wpe = true
+
 gstwpe = library('gstwpe',
-  ['gstwpethreadedview.cpp', 'gstwpe.cpp', 'gstwpevideosrc.cpp', 'gstwpesrcbin.cpp'],
+  wpe_sources,
   dependencies : [egl_dep, wpewebkit_dep, wpe_fdo_dep, gstallocators_dep, gstaudio_dep, gstvideo_dep,
     gstbase_dep, gstgl_dep, xkbcommon_dep, wl_server_dep, giounix_dep],
   cpp_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DHAVE_CONFIG_H=1',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/x265/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/x265/meson.build
index 46a9d91547..517ee1d719 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/x265/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/x265/meson.build
@@ -4,9 +4,26 @@ x265_opt = get_option('x265').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   ''')
 
 x265_dep = dependency('x265', required: x265_opt)
+x265_sources = [
+  'gstx265enc.c',
+]
+
+x265_headers = [
+  'gstx265enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: x265_sources + x265_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'x265': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if x265_dep.found()
   gstx265 = library('gstx265',
-    'gstx265enc.c',
+    x265_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + cc.get_supported_arguments(['-Wno-undef']),
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstpbutils_dep, gstvideo_dep, x265_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zbar/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zbar/meson.build
index f99f53fa7c..678c10a75c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zbar/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zbar/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,22 @@
 zbar_dep = dependency('zbar', version : '>= 0.9', required : get_option('zbar'))
+
+zbar_sources = [
+  'gstzbar.c',
+]
+
+zbar_headers = [
+  'gstzbar.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: zbar_sources + zbar_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'zbar': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if zbar_dep.found()
   gstzbar = library('gstzbar',
     'gstzbar.c',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zxing/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zxing/meson.build
index 2dbad9ab1e..5e44712022 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zxing/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/ext/zxing/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,20 @@ zxing_sources = [
   'gstzxing.cpp',
   'gstzxingplugin.c',
 ]
+
+zxing_headers = [
+  'gstzxing.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: zxing_sources + zxing_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'zxing': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 zxing_dep = dependency('zxing', version : '>= 1.4.0', required : get_option('zxing'))
 if zxing_dep.found()
 	gstzxing = library('gstzxing',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/accurip/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/accurip/meson.build
index 454d752ff9..b6b77eae94 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/accurip/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/accurip/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ accurip_sources = [
   'gstaccurip.c',
 ]
 
+accurip_headers = [
+  'gstaccurip.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: accurip_sources + accurip_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'accurip': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('accurip').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaccurip = library('gstaccurip',
   accurip_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmdec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmdec/meson.build
index aec0976dc6..e713aa80cd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmdec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmdec/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@ adpcmdec_sources = [
   'adpcmdec.c'
 ]
 
+adpcmdec_headers = [
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: adpcmdec_sources + adpcmdec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'adpcmdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('adpcmdec').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstadpcmdec = library('gstadpcmdec',
   adpcmdec_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmenc/meson.build
index 2fbe5993a4..c52b04917f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/adpcmenc/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@ gstadpcmenc_sources = [
   'adpcmenc.c'
 ]
 
+gstadpcmenc_headers = [
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstadpcmenc_sources + gstadpcmenc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'adpcmenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('adpcmenc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstadpcmenc = library('gstadpcmenc',
   gstadpcmenc_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/aiff/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/aiff/meson.build
index 805265d752..7e761b1b1b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/aiff/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/aiff/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,25 @@ aiff_sources = [
   'aiff.c', 'aiffmux.c', 'aiffparse.c', 'gstaiffelement.c'
 ]
 
+aiff_headers = [
+  'aiffmux.h',
+  'aiffelements.h',
+  'aiffparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: aiff_sources + aiff_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'aiff': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('aiff').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaiff = library('gstaiff',
   aiff_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/asfmux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/asfmux/meson.build
index a5eb0f2dee..9ea26289c1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/asfmux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/asfmux/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ asfmux_sources = [
   'gstasf.c',
 ]
 
+asfmux_headers = [
+  'gstasfobjects.h',
+  'gstasfmux.h',
+  'gstrtpasfpay.h',
+  'gstasfparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: asfmux_sources + asfmux_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'asfmux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('asfmux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstasfmux = library('gstasfmux',
   asfmux_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiobuffersplit/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiobuffersplit/meson.build
index ab6fbe0d42..73d34b9f5a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiobuffersplit/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiobuffersplit/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ audiobuffersplit_sources = [
   'gstaudiobuffersplit.c',
 ]
 
+audiobuffersplit_headers = [
+  'gstaudiobuffersplit.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiobuffersplit_sources + audiobuffersplit_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiobuffersplit': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiobuffersplit').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaudiobuffersplit = library('gstaudiobuffersplit',
   audiobuffersplit_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiofxbad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiofxbad/meson.build
index c836fd403f..e2548654d6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiofxbad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiofxbad/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ audiofxbad_sources = [
   'gstaudiochannelmix.c',
 ]
 
+audiofxbad_headers = [
+  'gstaudiochannelmix.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiofxbad_sources + audiofxbad_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiofxbad': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiofxbad').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaudiofxbad = library('gstaudiofxbad',
   audiofxbad_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiolatency/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiolatency/meson.build
index f9406cb59e..17ed5b24d1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiolatency/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiolatency/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstaudiolatency = library('gstaudiolatency',
+audiolatency_sources = [
   'gstaudiolatency.c',
+]
+
+audiolatency_headers = [
+  'gstaudiolatency.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiolatency_sources + audiolatency_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiolatency': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiolatency').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstaudiolatency = library('gstaudiolatency',
+  audiolatency_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiomixmatrix/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiomixmatrix/meson.build
index 93ddb474a9..833a3868ac 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiomixmatrix/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiomixmatrix/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ audiomixmatrix_sources = [
   'gstaudiomixmatrix.c',
 ]
 
+audiomixmatrix_headers = [
+  'gstaudiomixmatrix.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiomixmatrix_sources + audiomixmatrix_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiomixmatrix': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiomixmatrix').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaudiomixmatrix = library('gstaudiomixmatrix',
   audiomixmatrix_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiovisualizers/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiovisualizers/meson.build
index 3130dbfff0..74283190f5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiovisualizers/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/audiovisualizers/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ audiovis_sources = [
   'gstwavescope.c',
 ]
 
+audiovis_headers = [
+  'gstwavescope.h',
+  'gstsynaescope.h',
+  'gstdrawhelpers.h',
+  'gstspectrascope.h',
+  'gstspacescope.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiovis_sources + audiovis_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiovisualizers': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiovisualizers').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaudiovisualizers = library('gstaudiovisualizers',
   audiovis_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/autoconvert/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/autoconvert/meson.build
index e8f182167f..ca58300c97 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/autoconvert/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/autoconvert/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ autocon_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+autocon_headers = [
+  'gstautovideoconvert.h',
+  'gstbaseautoconvert.h',
+  'gstautoconvert.h',
+  'gstautovideoflip.h',
+  'gstautodeinterlace.h',
+  'gstautovideo.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: autocon_sources + autocon_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'autoconvert': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('autoconvert').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstautoconvert = library('gstautoconvert',
   autocon_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/bayer/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/bayer/meson.build
index 092d9f62e3..21baa07a04 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/bayer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/bayer/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ bayer_sources = [
   'gstrgb2bayer.c',
 ]
 
+bayer_headers = [
+  'gstbayerelements.h',
+  'gstrgb2bayer.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: bayer_sources + bayer_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'bayer': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('bayer').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'gstbayerorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/camerabin2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/camerabin2/meson.build
index 7730df35f2..12fbf79105 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/camerabin2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/camerabin2/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@ camerabin_sources = [
   'gstplugin.c',
 ]
 
+camerabin_headers = [
+  'gstviewfinderbin.h',
+  'gstdigitalzoom.h',
+  'gstwrappercamerabinsrc.h',
+  'camerabingeneral.h',
+  'gstcamerabin2.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: camerabin_sources + camerabin_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'camerabin': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('camerabin2').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstcamerabin = library('gstcamerabin',
   camerabin_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codecalpha/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codecalpha/meson.build
index 6e85358e88..5c6f3aa619 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codecalpha/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codecalpha/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,27 @@ codecalpha_sources = [
   'gstcodecalphademux.c',
 ]
 
+codecalpha_headers = [
+  'gstalphadecodebin.h',
+  'gstalphacombine.h',
+  'gstvp9alphadecodebin.h',
+  'gstcodecalphademux.h',
+  'gstvp8alphadecodebin.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: codecalpha_sources + codecalpha_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'codecalpha': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('codecalpha').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstcodecalpha = library('gstcodecalpha',
   codecalpha_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codectimestamper/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codectimestamper/meson.build
index fe2abb0cda..5d66538134 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codectimestamper/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/codectimestamper/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ codectimestamper_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+codectimestamper_headers = [
+  'gstcodectimestamper.h',
+  'gsth265timestamper.h',
+  'gsth264timestamper.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: codectimestamper_sources + codectimestamper_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'codectimestamper': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('codectimestamper').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstcodectimestamper = library('gstcodectimestamper',
   codectimestamper_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + [ '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API' ],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/coloreffects/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/coloreffects/meson.build
index f2b52af178..8d8182d840 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/coloreffects/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/coloreffects/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ coloreffects_sources = [
   'gstchromahold.c',
 ]
 
+coloreffects_headers = [
+  'gstchromahold.h',
+  'gstcoloreffects.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: coloreffects_sources + coloreffects_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'coloreffects': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('coloreffects').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstcoloreffects = library('gstcoloreffects',
   coloreffects_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/debugutils/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/debugutils/meson.build
index 900c65d407..2d0c936d1a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/debugutils/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/debugutils/meson.build
@@ -15,6 +15,35 @@ debugutilsbad_sources = [
   'gstwatchdog.c',
 ]
 
+debugutilsbad_headers = [
+  'gstchopmydata.h',
+  'fpsdisplaysink.h',
+  'gstfakeaudiosink.h',
+  'gstwatchdog.h',
+  'gstcompare.h',
+  'gstdebugutilsbadelements.h',
+  'gstfakevideosink.h',
+  'gstfakesinkutils.h',
+  'gstvideocodectestsink.h',
+  'gstchecksumsink.h',
+  'gstdebugspy.h',
+  'gstclockselect.h',
+  'gsterrorignore.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: debugutilsbad_sources + debugutilsbad_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'debugutilsbad': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('debugutils').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdebugutilsbad = library('gstdebugutilsbad',
   debugutilsbad_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsubenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsubenc/meson.build
index eef9e86548..62a65dc8ed 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsubenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsubenc/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,23 @@ libimagequant_sources = [
   'libimagequant/viter.c'
 ]
 
+subenc_headers = [
+  'gstdvbsubenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: subenc_sources + subenc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvbsubenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dvbsubenc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 local_c_args = ['-DLIQ_PRIVATE='] # GStreamer already has the right hidden symbol visibility
 local_c_args += cc.get_supported_arguments(['-Wno-unknown-pragmas', '-Wno-aggregate-return'])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsuboverlay/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsuboverlay/meson.build
index 7940b5f128..a89eec3736 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsuboverlay/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvbsuboverlay/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ subover_sources = [
   'gstdvbsuboverlay.c',
 ]
 
+subover_headers = [
+  'dvb-sub.h',
+  'gstdvbsuboverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: subover_sources + subover_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvbsuboverlay': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dvbsuboverlay').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdvbsuboverlay = library('gstdvbsuboverlay',
   subover_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvdspu/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvdspu/meson.build
index 04aa3cc67c..85b9427584 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvdspu/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/dvdspu/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ dvdspu_sources = [
   'gstspu-pgs.c',
 ]
 
+dvdspu_headers = [
+  'gstspu-pgs.h',
+  'gstdvdspu.h',
+  'gstspu-common.h',
+  'gstspu-vobsub.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dvdspu_sources + dvdspu_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvdspu': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dvdspu').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdvdspu = library('gstdvdspu',
   dvdspu_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/faceoverlay/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/faceoverlay/meson.build
index e5ff9c32c7..14cfc4c466 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/faceoverlay/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/faceoverlay/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ fover_sources = [
   'gstfaceoverlay.c',
 ]
 
+fover_headers = [
+  'gstfaceoverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: fover_sources + fover_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'faceoverlay': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('faceoverlay').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstfaceoverlay = library('gstfaceoverlay',
   fover_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build
index d71264c6f8..c9e6d510e2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/festival/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ festival_sources = [
   'gstfestival.c'
 ]
 
+festival_headers = [
+  'gstfestival.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: festival_sources + festival_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'festival': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('festival').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstfestival = library('gstfestival',
   festival_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/fieldanalysis/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/fieldanalysis/meson.build
index 992982e35b..a9a44d269e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/fieldanalysis/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/fieldanalysis/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ fielda_sources = [
   'gstfieldanalysis.c'
 ]
 
+fielda_headers = [
+  'gstfieldanalysis.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: fielda_sources + fielda_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'fieldanalysis': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('fieldanalysis').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'gstfieldanalysisorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/freeverb/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/freeverb/meson.build
index 97545edfa0..486e549326 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/freeverb/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/freeverb/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ freeverb_sources = [
   'gstfreeverb.c',
 ]
 
+freeverb_headers = [
+  'gstfreeverb.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: freeverb_sources + freeverb_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'freeverb': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('freeverb').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstfreeverb = library('gstfreeverb',
   freeverb_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/frei0r/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/frei0r/meson.build
index d830fff3a1..7a5d514b08 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/frei0r/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/frei0r/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,27 @@ frei0r_sources = [
   'gstfrei0rmixer.c',
 ]
 
+frei0r_headers = [
+  'gstfrei0r.h',
+  'gstfrei0rmixer.h',
+  'frei0r.h',
+  'gstfrei0rsrc.h',
+  'gstfrei0rfilter.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: frei0r_sources + frei0r_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'frei0r': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('frei0r').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstfrei0r = library('gstfrei0r',
   frei0r_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gaudieffects/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gaudieffects/meson.build
index d46628e240..7543a93875 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gaudieffects/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gaudieffects/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ gaudio_sources = [
   'gstplugin.c',
 ]
 
+gaudio_headers = [
+  'gstchromium.h',
+  'gstgaussblur.h',
+  'gstdilate.h',
+  'gstexclusion.h',
+  'gstsolarize.h',
+  'gstdodge.h',
+  'gstburn.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gaudio_sources + gaudio_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gaudieffects': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('gaudieffects').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'gstgaudieffectsorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gdp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gdp/meson.build
index 0dcc1953be..1fd9b0997f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gdp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/gdp/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ gdp_sources = [
   'gstgdpdepay.c',
 ]
 
+gdp_headers = [
+  'gstgdpdepay.h',
+  'dp-private.h',
+  'dataprotocol.h',
+  'gstgdpelements.h',
+  'gstgdppay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gdp_sources + gdp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gdp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('gdp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdgp = library('gstgdp',
   gdp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/geometrictransform/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/geometrictransform/meson.build
index 3ad8eee5f3..754ff6f799 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/geometrictransform/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/geometrictransform/meson.build
@@ -21,6 +21,41 @@ geotr_sources = [
   'gstperspective.c',
 ]
 
+geotr_headers = [
+  'gstkaleidoscope.h',
+  'gstwaterripple.h',
+  'gstpinch.h',
+  'gstmarble.h',
+  'gsttunnel.h',
+  'gstcircle.h',
+  'gstgeometrictransform.h',
+  'gstsphere.h',
+  'gstrotate.h',
+  'gstperspective.h',
+  'gstbulge.h',
+  'gsttwirl.h',
+  'gststretch.h',
+  'gstdiffuse.h',
+  'gstfisheye.h',
+  'gstsquare.h',
+  'geometricmath.h',
+  'gstcirclegeometrictransform.h',
+  'gstmirror.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: geotr_sources + geotr_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'geometrictransform': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('geometrictransform').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstgeometrictransform = library('gstgeometrictransform',
   geotr_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/id3tag/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/id3tag/meson.build
index 6186865b54..f9de144a22 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/id3tag/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/id3tag/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ id3_sources = [
   'id3tag.c',
 ]
 
+id3_headers = [
+  'id3tag.h',
+  'gstid3mux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: id3_sources + id3_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'id3tag': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('id3tag').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstid3tag = library('gstid3tag',
   id3_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/insertbin/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/insertbin/meson.build
index 1c8be395cf..d6b50ab718 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/insertbin/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/insertbin/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@ insertbin_sources = [
   'plugin.c'
 ]
 
+insertbin_headers = [
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: insertbin_sources + insertbin_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'insertbin': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('insertbin').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstinsertbin = library('gstinsertbin',
   insertbin_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + [ '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API' ],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/inter/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/inter/meson.build
index fdc8f79589..54894fcdba 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/inter/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/inter/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ inter_sources = [
   'gstintersurface.c',
 ]
 
+inter_headers = [
+  'gstinteraudiosink.h',
+  'gstintersurface.h',
+  'gstintervideosrc.h',
+  'gstintersubsink.h',
+  'gstintervideosink.h',
+  'gstinteraudiosrc.h',
+  'gstintersubsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: inter_sources + inter_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'inter': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('inter').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstinter = library('gstinter',
   inter_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/interlace/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/interlace/meson.build
index 7919b83353..73e60cecf1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/interlace/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/interlace/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,22 @@ interlace_sources = [
   'gstinterlace.c',
 ]
 
+interlace_headers = [
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: interlace_sources + interlace_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'interlace': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('interlace').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstinterlace = library('gstinterlace',
   interlace_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivfparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivfparse/meson.build
index fe64f06406..e8fb8c6fce 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivfparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivfparse/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ ivfparse_sources = [
   'gstivfparse.c',
 ]
 
+ivfparse_headers = [
+  'gstivfparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ivfparse_sources + ivfparse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ivfparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('ivfparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstivfparse = library('gstivfparse',
   ivfparse_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivtc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivtc/meson.build
index 33f4b2d57c..e4259d7a7e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivtc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/ivtc/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ ivtc_sources = [
   'gstcombdetect.c',
 ]
 
+ivtc_headers = [
+  'gstivtc.h',
+  'gstcombdetect.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ivtc_sources + ivtc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ivtc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('ivtc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstivtc = library('gstivtc',
   ivtc_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jp2kdecimator/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jp2kdecimator/meson.build
index 55cafc5aed..e55f518abd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jp2kdecimator/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jp2kdecimator/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ jp2_sources = [
   'jp2kcodestream.c',
 ]
 
+jp2_headers = [
+  'gstjp2kdecimator.h',
+  'jp2kcodestream.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: jp2_sources + jp2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'jp2kdecimator': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('jp2kdecimator').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstjp2kdecimator = library('gstjp2kdecimator',
   jp2_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jpegformat/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jpegformat/meson.build
index a2889d3450..10e9d8cf87 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jpegformat/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/jpegformat/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ jpegf_sources = [
   'gstjifmux.c',
 ]
 
+jpegf_headers = [
+  'gstjpegparse.h',
+  'gstjifmux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: jpegf_sources + jpegf_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'jpegformat': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('jpegformat').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstjpegformat = library('gstjpegformat',
   jpegf_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + [ '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API' ],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/librfb/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/librfb/meson.build
index 256ca7c821..e528a8c454 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/librfb/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/librfb/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ rfbsrc_sources = [
   'd3des.c',
 ]
 
+rfbsrc_headers = [
+  'd3des.h',
+  'rfbdecoder.h',
+  'gstrfb-utils.h',
+  'gstrfbsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rfbsrc_sources + rfbsrc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rfbsrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('librfb').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 librfb_incs = include_directories('..')
 
 gstrfbsrc = library('gstrfbsrc',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/meson.build
index 642563e2a0..5227b654fe 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/meson.build
@@ -14,7 +14,5 @@ foreach plugin : ['accurip', 'adpcmdec', 'adpcmenc', 'aiff', 'asfmux',
                   'tensordecoders', 'timecode', 'transcode', 'unixfd', 'videofilters',
                   'videoframe_audiolevel', 'videoparsers', 'videosignal',
                   'vmnc', 'y4m']
-  if not get_option(plugin).disabled()
-    subdir(plugin)
-  endif
+  subdir(plugin)
 endforeach
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/meson.build
index 8539be957e..811a2e5642 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/midi/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ midi_sources = [
   'midiparse.c',
 ]
 
+midi_headers = [
+  'midiparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: midi_sources + midi_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'midi': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('midi').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmidi = library('gstmidi',
   midi_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegdemux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegdemux/meson.build
index 1156827aa6..0922b284fa 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegdemux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegdemux/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ mpegd_sources = [
   'gstpesfilter.c',
 ]
 
+mpegd_headers = [
+  'gstpesfilter.h',
+  'gstmpegdemux.h',
+  'gstmpegdefs.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mpegd_sources + mpegd_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpegpsdemux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('mpegdemux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmpedpsdemux = library('gstmpegpsdemux',
   mpegd_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegpsmux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegpsmux/meson.build
index 87939aa086..bf9d41ab19 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegpsmux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegpsmux/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,30 @@ psmux_sources = [
   'mpegpsmux_h264.c',
 ]
 
+psmux_headers = [
+  'crc.h',
+  'psmuxstream.h',
+  'psmux.h',
+  'psmuxcommon.h',
+  'mpegpsmux.h',
+  'mpegpsmux_aac.h',
+  'mpegpsmux_h264.h',
+  'bits.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: psmux_sources + psmux_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpegpsmux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('mpegpsmux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmpegpsmux = library('gstmpegpsmux',
   psmux_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/meson.build
index 21d9964bb0..50deb6db92 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsdemux/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,29 @@ tsdemux_sources = [
   'pesparse.c',
 ]
 
+tsdemux_headers = [
+  'tsdemux.h',
+  'gstmpegdesc.h',
+  'mpegtsparse.h',
+  'pesparse.h',
+  'mpegtspacketizer.h',
+  'mpegtsbase.h',
+  'gstmpegdefs.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: tsdemux_sources + tsdemux_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpegtsdemux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('mpegtsdemux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmpegtsdemux = library('gstmpegtsdemux',
   tsdemux_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/meson.build
index e0d873d9a3..a2c14d943b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mpegtsmux/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,30 @@ tsmux_sources = [
   'tsmux/tsmuxstream.c'
 ]
 
+tsmux_headers = [
+  'gstbasetsmuxopus.h',
+  'gstatscmux.h',
+  'gstbasetsmuxjpeg2000.h',
+  'gstbasetsmuxjpegxs.h',
+  'gstmpegtsmux.h',
+  'gstbasetsmux.h',
+  'gstbasetsmuxaac.h',
+  'gstbasetsmuxttxt.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: tsmux_sources + tsmux_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpegtsmux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('mpegtsmux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmpegtsmux = library('gstmpegtsmux',
   tsmux_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mse/meson.build
index e4ac5e72d7..115eaac92b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mse/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 mse_sources = ['gstmse.c']
 
+mse_headers = [
+  'gstmse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mse_sources + mse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('mse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmse_plugin = library('gstmse',
   mse_sources,
   c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args + ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/meson.build
index a7b8775466..19bd836417 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/mxf/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,43 @@ mxf_sources = [
 #  'mxfdms1.c',
 ]
 
+mxf_headers = [
+  'mxfmetadata.h',
+  'mxfd10.h',
+  'mxfvanc.h',
+  'mxfdemux.h',
+  'mxftypes.h',
+  'mxfdms1.h',
+  'mxfdv-dif.h',
+  'mxfjpeg2000.h',
+  'mxful.h',
+  'mxfmpeg.h',
+  'mxfquark.h',
+  'mxfvc3.h',
+  'mxfcustom.h',
+  'mxfffv1.h',
+  'mxfaes-bwf.h',
+  'mxfup.h',
+  'mxfprores.h',
+  'gstmxfelements.h',
+  'mxfessence.h',
+  'mxfalaw.h',
+  'mxfmux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mxf_sources + mxf_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mxf': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('mxf').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmxf = library('gstmxf',
   mxf_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + [ '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API' ],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/netsim/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/netsim/meson.build
index 27a5ca4f9f..79c85507ee 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/netsim/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/netsim/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ netsim_sources = [
   'gstnetsim.c',
 ]
 
+netsim_headers = [
+  'gstnetsim.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: netsim_sources + netsim_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'netsim': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('netsim').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstnetsim = library('gstnetsim',
   netsim_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/onvif/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/onvif/meson.build
index 3d7675f580..4186d0d088 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/onvif/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/onvif/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ onvif_sources = [
   'gstrtponviftimestamp.c',
 ]
 
+onvif_headers = [
+  'gstrtponviftimestamp.h',
+  'gstrtponvifparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: onvif_sources + onvif_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtponvif': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('onvif').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrtponvif = library('gstrtponvif',
   onvif_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pcapparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pcapparse/meson.build
index 4cf5254168..9e6e69e1c3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pcapparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pcapparse/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ capp_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+capp_headers = [
+  'gstpcapparse.h',
+  'gstirtspparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: capp_sources + capp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'pcapparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('pcapparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstpcapparse = library('gstpcapparse',
   capp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pnm/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pnm/meson.build
index 366e04c777..9869f2eedc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pnm/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/pnm/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ pnm_sources = [
   'gstpnmenc.c',
 ]
 
+pnm_headers = [
+  'gstpnmdec.h',
+  'gstpnmenc.h',
+  'gstpnmutils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: pnm_sources + pnm_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'pnm': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('pnm').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstpnm = library('gstpnm',
   pnm_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/proxy/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/proxy/meson.build
index eb3e83595a..ba31d7caa9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/proxy/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/proxy/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,25 @@ proxy_sources = [
   'gstproxysrc.c'
 ]
 
+proxy_headers = [
+  'gstproxysrc.h',
+  'gstproxy-priv.h',
+  'gstproxysink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: proxy_sources + proxy_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'proxy': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('proxy').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstproxy = library('gstproxy',
   proxy_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
@@ -12,4 +31,4 @@ gstproxy = library('gstproxy',
   install : true,
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
-plugins += [gstproxy]
\ No newline at end of file
+plugins += [gstproxy]
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rawparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rawparse/meson.build
index 62562c570c..929a1d4e03 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rawparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rawparse/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ raw_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+raw_headers = [
+  'gstaudioparse.h',
+  'gstvideoparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: raw_sources + raw_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'legacyrawparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rawparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstlegacyrawparse = library('gstlegacyrawparse',
   raw_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/removesilence/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/removesilence/meson.build
index 998c246d89..b4d25ec612 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/removesilence/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/removesilence/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ silence_sources = [
   'vad_private.c',
 ]
 
+silence_headers = [
+  'gstremovesilence.h',
+  'vad_private.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: silence_sources + silence_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'removesilence': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('removesilence').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstremovesilence = library('gstremovesilence',
   silence_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rist/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rist/meson.build
index 0e3073d082..a43c472dce 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rist/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rist/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@ rist_sources = [
   'gstristrtpdeext.c'
 ]
 
+rist_headers = [
+  'gstrist.h',
+  'gstroundrobin.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rist_sources + rist_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rist': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rist').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrist = library('gstrist',
   rist_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/meson.build
index c8120275b0..27d04aff0a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtmp2/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,26 @@ rtmp2_sources = [
   'rtmp/rtmputils.c',
 ]
 
+rtmp2_headers = [
+  'gstrtmp2locationhandler.h',
+  'gstrtmp2elements.h',
+  'gstrtmp2sink.h',
+  'gstrtmp2src.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rtmp2_sources + rtmp2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtmp2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rtmp2').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrtmp2 = library('gstrtmp2',
   rtmp2_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtp/meson.build
index b56a9f70f2..f882910c06 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/rtp/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ gst_plugins_rtp_sources = [
   'gstrtp-utils.c',
 ]
 
+gst_plugins_rtp_headers = [
+  'gstrtpsrc.h',
+  'gstrtpsink.h',
+  'gstrtp-utils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gst_plugins_rtp_sources + gst_plugins_rtp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtpmanagerbad': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rtp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrtp = library('gstrtpmanagerbad',
   gst_plugins_rtp_sources,
   dependencies: [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gstrtp_dep, gstnet_dep, gstcontroller_dep, gio_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/sdp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/sdp/meson.build
index 021bea2447..c362778148 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/sdp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/sdp/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ sdp_sources = [
   'gstsdpsrc.c'
 ]
 
+sdp_headers = [
+  'gstsdpdemux.h',
+  'gstsdpsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: sdp_sources + sdp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'sdpelem': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('sdp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsdpelem = library('gstsdpelem',
   sdp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/segmentclip/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/segmentclip/meson.build
index 65fa59e19a..deedfd2ad1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/segmentclip/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/segmentclip/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ segment_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+segment_headers = [
+  'gstsegmentclip.h',
+  'gstvideosegmentclip.h',
+  'gstaudiosegmentclip.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: segment_sources + segment_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'segmentclip': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('segmentclip').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsegmentclip = library('gstsegmentclip',
   segment_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/siren/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/siren/meson.build
index b6bfc60891..83464b22a1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/siren/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/siren/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,33 @@ siren_sources = [
   'rmlt.c',
 ]
 
+siren_headers = [
+  'gstsirendec.h',
+  'gstsirenenc.h',
+  'gstsiren.h',
+  'encoder.h',
+  'huffman.h',
+  'rmlt.h',
+  'dct4.h',
+  'common.h',
+  'decoder.h',
+  'siren7.h',
+  'huffman_consts.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: siren_sources + siren_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'siren': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('siren').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsiren = library('gstsiren',
   siren_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/smooth/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/smooth/meson.build
index fca62ad555..4d2f19d742 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/smooth/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/smooth/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ smooth_sources = [
   'gstsmooth.c',
 ]
 
+smooth_headers = [
+  'gstsmooth.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: smooth_sources + smooth_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'smooth': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('smooth').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsmooth = library('gstsmooth',
   smooth_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/speed/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/speed/meson.build
index 11a90c8b0d..02123a7b31 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/speed/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/speed/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ speed_sources = [
   'gstspeed.c'
 ]
 
+speed_headers = [
+  'gstspeed.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: speed_sources + speed_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'speed': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('speed').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstspeed = library('gstspeed',
   speed_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/subenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/subenc/meson.build
index 5d41c2d0f2..1402fe2cc5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/subenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/subenc/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ subenc_sources = [
   'gstwebvttenc.c',
 ]
 
+subenc_headers = [
+  'gstwebvttenc.h',
+  'gstsrtenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: subenc_sources + subenc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'subenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('subenc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsubenc = library('gstsubenc',
   subenc_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/switchbin/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/switchbin/meson.build
index 88d79bb623..6a679d032c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/switchbin/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/switchbin/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ switchbin_sources = [
   'gstswitchbin.c', 'plugin.c'
 ]
 
+switchbin_headers = [
+  'gstswitchbin.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: switchbin_sources + switchbin_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'switchbin': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('switchbin').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstswitchbin = library('gstswitchbin',
   switchbin_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/tensordecoders/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/tensordecoders/meson.build
index 8c4d2bd648..1c1940a442 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/tensordecoders/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/tensordecoders/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ tensordecoders_sources = [
   'gstssdobjectdetector.c'
 ]
 
+tensordecoders_headers = [
+  'gstssdobjectdetector.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: tensordecoders_sources + tensordecoders_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'tensordecoders': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('tensordecoders').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gsttensordecoders = library('gsttensordecoders',
   tensordecoders_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/timecode/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/timecode/meson.build
index d37ae36fae..bd1e190388 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/timecode/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/timecode/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,24 @@ timecode_sources = [
   'gstavwait.c'
 ]
 
+timecode_headers = [
+  'gstavwait.h',
+  'gsttimecodestamper.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: timecode_sources + timecode_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'timecode': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('timecode').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 tc_deps = [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, gstvideo_dep]
 
 ltc_dep = dependency('ltc', version : '>=1.1.4', required : false)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/meson.build
index df79d3190b..d3f67b7a11 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/transcode/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,32 @@
-gsttranscoder_plugin = library('gsttranscode',
+transcode_sources = [
   'gsttranscodeelement.c',
   'gsttranscodeplugin.c',
   'gsttranscodebin.c',
   'gst-cpu-throttling-clock.c',
   'gsturitranscodebin.c',
+]
+
+transcode_headers = [
+  'gst-cpu-throttling-clock.h',
+  'gsttranscoding.h',
+  'gsttranscodeelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: transcode_sources + transcode_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'transcode': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('transcode').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gsttranscoder_plugin = library('gsttranscode',
+  transcode_sources,
   install : true,
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstpbutils_dep],
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/unixfd/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/unixfd/meson.build
index 4b3cab8b36..f92e4971ec 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/unixfd/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/unixfd/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,26 @@
-sources = [
+unixfd_sources = [
   'gstunixfd.c',
   'gstunixfdsink.c',
   'gstunixfdsrc.c',
 ]
 
+unixfd_headers = [
+  'gstunixfd.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: unixfd_sources + unixfd_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'unixfd': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('unixfd').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstallocators_dep = dependency('gstreamer-allocators-1.0')
 
 gio_unix_dep = dependency('gio-unix-2.0', required: get_option('unixfd'))
@@ -12,7 +29,7 @@ if not gio_unix_dep.found()
 endif
 
 gstunixfd_plugin = library('gstunixfd',
-  sources,
+  unixfd_sources,
   c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
   include_directories: [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstallocators_dep, gio_dep, gio_unix_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videofilters/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videofilters/meson.build
index 39e718f934..668cd89e9a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videofilters/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videofilters/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ vfilt_sources = [
   'gstvideofiltersbad.c',
 ]
 
+vfilt_headers = [
+  'gstscenechange.h',
+  'gstzebrastripe.h',
+  'gstvideodiff.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vfilt_sources + vfilt_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videofiltersbad': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videofilters').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'gstscenechangeorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoframe_audiolevel/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoframe_audiolevel/meson.build
index 9232ae4e13..c70774e166 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoframe_audiolevel/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoframe_audiolevel/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ videoframe_audiolevel_sources = [
   'gstvideoframe-audiolevel.c',
 ]
 
+videoframe_audiolevel_headers = [
+  'gstvideoframe-audiolevel.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: videoframe_audiolevel_sources + videoframe_audiolevel_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videoframe_audiolevel': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videoframe_audiolevel').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvideoframe_audiolevel = library('gstvideoframe_audiolevel',
   videoframe_audiolevel_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoparsers/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoparsers/meson.build
index 0c5fa64d3e..b8a50d8250 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoparsers/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videoparsers/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,38 @@ vparse_sources = [
   'gsth266parse.c',
 ]
 
+vparse_headers = [
+  'gstvc1parse.h',
+  'gstmpeg4videoparse.h',
+  'gstvideoparserselements.h',
+  'gstmpegvideoparse.h',
+  'gsth264parse.h',
+  'gstjpeg2000parse.h',
+  'gstvp9parse.h',
+  'gsth263parse.h',
+  'gstdiracparse.h',
+  'gstvideoparseutils.h',
+  'gstav1parse.h',
+  'gstpngparse.h',
+  'gsth265parse.h',
+  'gsth266parse.h',
+  'dirac_parse.h',
+  'h263parse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vparse_sources + vparse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videoparsersbad': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videoparsers').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvideoparsersbad = library('gstvideoparsersbad',
   vparse_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + [ '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API' ],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videosignal/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videosignal/meson.build
index 04d5044f95..fa96d2b512 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videosignal/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/videosignal/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ vsignal_sources = [
   'gstsimplevideomark.c',
 ]
 
+vsignal_headers = [
+  'gstvideosignal.h',
+  'gstsimplevideomarkdetect.h',
+  'gstvideoanalyse.h',
+  'gstsimplevideomark.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vsignal_sources + vsignal_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videosignal': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videosignal').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvideosignal = library('gstvideosignal',
   vsignal_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/vmnc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/vmnc/meson.build
index 9735ad765f..fbbe15d212 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/vmnc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/vmnc/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ vmnc_sources = [
   'vmncdec.c',
 ]
 
+vmnc_headers = [
+  'vmncdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vmnc_sources + vmnc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'vmnc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('vmnc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvmnc = library('gstvmnc',
   vmnc_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/y4m/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/y4m/meson.build
index 0b778d2797..3abccbc7b2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/y4m/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/gst/y4m/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ y4_sources = [
   'gsty4mdec.c'
 ]
 
+y4_headers = [
+  'gsty4mdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: y4_sources + y4_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'y4mdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('y4m').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gsty4mdec = library('gsty4mdec',
   y4_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
index 3662d050e9..49b87d95a0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/meson.build
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ osxversion = curversion + 1
 plugins_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'gstreamer-1.0')
 static_build = get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 gst_libraries = []
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -577,6 +578,12 @@ pkgconfig.generate(
 
 gpl_allowed = get_option('gpl').allowed()
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 subdir('gst-libs')
 subdir('gst')
 subdir('sys')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/aja/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/aja/meson.build
index affd600244..9aa417558e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/aja/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/aja/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
+aja_sources = [
+  'plugin.cpp',
+  'gstajacommon.cpp',
+  'gstajasink.cpp',
+  'gstajasinkcombiner.cpp',
+  'gstajasrc.cpp',
+  'gstajasrcdemux.cpp',
+  'gstajadeviceprovider.cpp',
+]
+
+aja_headers = [
+  'gstajacommon.h',
+  'gstajasinkcombiner.h',
+  'gstajasink.h',
+  'gstajasrcdemux.h',
+  'gstajadeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstajasrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: aja_sources + aja_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'aja': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 aja_option = get_option('aja') \
     .require(host_system == 'linux',
              error_message: 'AJA plugin is currently only available on Linux')
@@ -102,14 +130,7 @@ if not found_ajantv2
 endif
 
 gstaja = library('gstaja',
-  ['plugin.cpp',
-   'gstajacommon.cpp',
-   'gstajasink.cpp',
-   'gstajasinkcombiner.cpp',
-   'gstajasrc.cpp',
-   'gstajasrcdemux.cpp',
-   'gstajadeviceprovider.cpp',
-  ],
+  aja_sources,
   override_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'],
   cpp_args : gst_plugins_bad_args + common_flags,
   include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/amfcodec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/amfcodec/meson.build
index 636dfc6759..fdbcf64ac5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/amfcodec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/amfcodec/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ amf_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+amf_headers = [
+  'gstamfutils.h',
+  'gstamfencoder.h',
+  'gstamfh265enc.h',
+  'gstamfh264enc.h',
+  'gstamfav1enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: amf_sources + amf_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'amfcodec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 amf_option = get_option('amfcodec')
 if amf_option.disabled()
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/meson.build
index 703b50af08..f04a62860e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/androidmedia/meson.build
@@ -20,12 +20,45 @@ androidmedia_sources = [
   'jni/gstamcsurfacetexture-jni.c',
 ]
 
+ndk_sources = [
+  'ndk/gstamc-codec-ndk.c',
+  'ndk/gstamc-format-ndk.c',
+]
+
+androidmedia_headers = [
+  'gstahcsrc.h',
+  'gstahssrc.h',
+  'gstamcaudiodec.h',
+  'gstamc-codec.h',
+  'gstamc-codeclist.h',
+  'gstamc-constants.h',
+  'gstamc-format.h',
+  'gstamc.h',
+  'gstamcsurfacetexture.h',
+  'gstamcvideodec.h',
+  'gstamcvideoenc.h',
+  'gst-android-graphics-imageformat.h',
+  'gst-android-hardware-camera.h',
+  'gst-android-hardware-sensor.h',
+  'gstjniutils.h',
+  'gstsensors.h',
+]
+
 androidmedia_java_sources = [
   'org/freedesktop/gstreamer/androidmedia/GstAhcCallback.java',
   'org/freedesktop/gstreamer/androidmedia/GstAhsCallback.java',
   'org/freedesktop/gstreamer/androidmedia/GstAmcOnFrameAvailableListener.java',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: androidmedia_sources + ndk_sources + androidmedia_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'androidmedia': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 amc_opt = get_option('androidmedia')
 amc_opt = amc_opt.require(gstgl_dep.found(),
   error_message: 'androidmedia plugin requires GL support',
@@ -51,10 +84,7 @@ extra_cargs = [
 # but use only type definations (and then rely on dlopen and dlsym), so this
 # doesn't affect compatibility with older Android versions.
 if cc.check_header('media/NdkMediaCodec.h')
-  androidmedia_sources += [
-    'ndk/gstamc-codec-ndk.c',
-    'ndk/gstamc-format-ndk.c',
-  ]
+  androidmedia_sources += ndk_sources
   extra_cargs += [ '-DHAVE_NDKMEDIA' ]
   extra_deps += [ cc.find_library('android', required : true) ]
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/meson.build
index 0bca270376..f748f910c1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/applemedia/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,29 @@ applemedia_sources = [
     'helpers.c',
 ]
 
+applemedia_headers = [
+  'metal-helpers.h',
+  'vtutil.h',
+  'iosglmemory.h',
+  'corevideobuffer.h',
+  'videotexturecache.h',
+  'coremediabuffer.h',
+  'vtenc.h',
+  'avsamplevideosink.h',
+  'helpers.h',
+  'corevideomemory.h',
+  'iosassetsrc.h',
+  'iosurfaceglmemory.h',
+  'avfdeviceprovider.h',
+  'avfassetsrc.h',
+  'iosurfacevulkanmemory.h',
+  'videotexturecache-vulkan.h',
+  'vtdec.h',
+  'avfvideosrc.h',
+  'videotexturecache-gl.h',
+  'glcontexthelper.h',
+]
+
 applemedia_args = [
     '-Dgst_core_media_buffer_new=gst_core_media_buffer_priv_new',
     '-Dgst_core_media_buffer_get_type=gst_core_media_buffer_priv_get_type',
@@ -19,6 +42,41 @@ applemedia_args = [
     '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API'
 ]
 
+avfoundation_sources = [
+  'avfvideosrc.m',
+  'avfassetsrc.m',
+  'avsamplevideosink.m',
+  'avfdeviceprovider.m',
+]
+
+vt_sources = [
+  'vtenc.c',
+  'vtdec.c'
+]
+
+ios_sources = [
+  'iosassetsrc.m',
+  'iosglmemory.c',
+]
+
+non_ios_sources = [
+  'iosurfaceglmemory.c'
+]
+
+vulkan_sources = [
+  'videotexturecache-vulkan.mm',
+  'iosurfacevulkanmemory.c',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: applemedia_sources + avfoundation_sources + vt_sources + ios_sources + non_ios_sources + vulkan_sources + applemedia_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'applemedia': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 applemedia_objc_args = []
 applemedia_found_deps = false
 applemedia_option = get_option('applemedia')
@@ -42,38 +100,25 @@ applemedia_frameworks += [corefoundation_dep, coremedia_dep, corevideo_dep]
 
 avfoundation_dep = dependency('AVFoundation', required : applemedia_option)
 if avfoundation_dep.found()
-    applemedia_sources += [
-        'avfvideosrc.m',
-        'avfassetsrc.m',
-        'avsamplevideosink.m',
-        'avfdeviceprovider.m',
-    ]
+    applemedia_sources += avfoundation_sources
     applemedia_frameworks += [avfoundation_dep]
 endif
 
 videotoolbox_dep = dependency('VideoToolbox', required : applemedia_option)
 if videotoolbox_dep.found()
-    applemedia_sources += [
-        'vtenc.c',
-        'vtdec.c'
-    ]
+    applemedia_sources += vt_sources
     applemedia_frameworks += [videotoolbox_dep]
 endif
 
 if host_system == 'ios'
-    applemedia_sources += [
-        'iosassetsrc.m',
-        'iosglmemory.c'
-    ]
+    applemedia_sources += ios_sources
     applemedia_objc_args += ['-fobjc-abi-version=2', '-fobjc-legacy-dispatch']
 
     ios_media_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['Foundation', 'AssetsLibrary'], required : applemedia_option)
     iosurface_dep = dependency('IOSurface', required : applemedia_option)
     applemedia_frameworks += [ios_media_dep, iosurface_dep]
 else
-    applemedia_sources += [
-        'iosurfaceglmemory.c'
-    ]
+    applemedia_sources += non_ios_sources
     cocoa_dep = dependency('Cocoa', required : applemedia_option)
     iosurface_dep = dependency('IOSurface', required : applemedia_option)
     applemedia_opengl_dep = dependency('appleframeworks', modules : ['OpenGL'], required : applemedia_option)
@@ -96,10 +141,7 @@ if gstvulkan_dep.found() and have_objcpp and not vulkan_option.disabled()
   have_mvk_header = objcpp.has_header('MoltenVK/vk_mvk_moltenvk.h', required: vk_required)
   if metal_dep.found() and moltenvk_dep.found() and have_mvk_header
     applemedia_frameworks += [moltenvk_dep, gstvulkan_dep, metal_dep]
-    applemedia_sources += [
-      'videotexturecache-vulkan.mm',
-      'iosurfacevulkanmemory.c',
-    ]
+    applemedia_sources += vulkan_sources
     applemedia_args += ['-DAPPLEMEDIA_MOLTENVK']
     # override_options : ['cpp_std=c++11'] doesn't seem to work for objcpp
     applemedia_objcpp_args += objcpp.get_supported_arguments([
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build
index 87f4a24ae9..111b9426eb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/asio/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,25 @@ asio_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+asio_headers = [
+  'gstasioringbuffer.h',
+  'asio.h',
+  'gstasiodeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstasiosink.h',
+  'gstasioobject.h',
+  'gstasiosrc.h',
+  'gstasioutils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: asio_sources + asio_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'asio': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 asio_option = get_option('asio')
 if asio_option.disabled() or host_system != 'windows'
   subdir_done()
@@ -40,4 +59,4 @@ gstasio = library('gstasio',
     cpp_args : gst_plugins_bad_args,
     install : true,
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir)
-plugins += [gstasio]
\ No newline at end of file
+plugins += [gstasio]
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/bluez/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/bluez/meson.build
index 085b835303..483f6a584e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/bluez/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/bluez/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,25 @@ bluez_sources = [
   'gstavrcputil.c',
 ]
 
+bluez_headers = [
+  'gstbluezelements.h',
+  'a2dp-codecs.h',
+  'gstavrcputil.h',
+  'gstavdtpsrc.h',
+  'gsta2dpsink.h',
+  'gstavdtputil.h',
+  'gstavdtpsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: bluez_sources + bluez_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'bluez': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system == 'windows'
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
index c395207af4..2859ea3ea5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d11/meson.build
@@ -27,6 +27,68 @@ d3d11_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+d3d11_headers = [
+  'gstd3d11ipcsrc.h',
+  'gstd3d11window_dummy.h',
+  'gstd3d11videosink.h',
+  'gstd3d11compositor.h',
+  'gstd3d11ipcsink.h',
+  'gstd3d11ipcserver.h',
+  'gstd3d11vp8dec.h',
+  'gstd3d11download.h',
+  'gstd3d11screencapturesrc.h',
+  'gstd3d11av1dec.h',
+  'gstd3d11mpeg2dec.h',
+  'gstd3d11testsrc.h',
+  'gstd3d11window_swapchainpanel.h',
+  'gstd3d11upload.h',
+  'gstd3d11window_corewindow.h',
+  'gstd3d11pluginutils.h',
+  'gstd3d11deinterlace.h',
+  'gstd3d11screencapturedevice.h',
+  'gstd3d11dxgicapture.h',
+  'gstd3d11h265dec.h',
+  'gstd3d11winrtcapture.h',
+  'gstd3d11ipcclient.h',
+  'gstd3d11overlay.h',
+  'gstd3d11window_win32.h',
+  'gstd3d11screencapture.h',
+  'gstd3d11window.h',
+  'gstd3d11convert.h',
+  'gstd3d11ipc.h',
+  'gstd3d11overlaycompositor.h',
+  'gstd3d11vp9dec.h',
+  'gstd3d11decoder.h',
+  'gstd3d11basefilter.h',
+  'gstd3d11h264dec.h',
+]
+
+winapi_app_sources = [
+  'gstd3d11window_corewindow.cpp',
+  'gstd3d11window_swapchainpanel.cpp',
+]
+
+winapi_desktop_sources = [
+  'gstd3d11dxgicapture.cpp',
+  'gstd3d11screencapture.cpp',
+  'gstd3d11screencapturedevice.cpp',
+  'gstd3d11screencapturesrc.cpp',
+  'gstd3d11window_win32.cpp',
+]
+
+winrtcapture_sources = [
+  'gstd3d11winrtcapture.cpp'
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: d3d11_sources + winapi_app_sources + winapi_desktop_sources + winrtcapture_sources + d3d11_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'd3d11': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_c_args = ['-DCOBJMACROS']
 extra_args = ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 extra_dep = []
@@ -88,8 +150,7 @@ endif
 # if build target is Windows 10 and WINAPI_PARTITION_APP is allowed,
 # we can build UWP only modules as well
 if d3d11_winapi_app
-  d3d11_sources += ['gstd3d11window_corewindow.cpp',
-                    'gstd3d11window_swapchainpanel.cpp']
+  d3d11_sources += winapi_app_sources
   extra_dep += [runtimeobject_lib]
   if cc.get_id() == 'msvc' and get_option('b_sanitize') == 'address'
     extra_args += ['/bigobj']
@@ -97,11 +158,7 @@ if d3d11_winapi_app
 endif
 
 if d3d11_winapi_desktop
-  d3d11_sources += ['gstd3d11dxgicapture.cpp',
-                    'gstd3d11screencapture.cpp',
-                    'gstd3d11screencapturedevice.cpp',
-                    'gstd3d11screencapturesrc.cpp',
-                    'gstd3d11window_win32.cpp']
+  d3d11_sources += winapi_desktop_sources
 
   # multimedia clock is desktop only API
   if winmm_lib.found() and cc.has_header('mmsystem.h')
@@ -110,7 +167,7 @@ if d3d11_winapi_desktop
   endif
 
   if have_wgc and dwmapi_lib.found()
-    d3d11_sources += ['gstd3d11winrtcapture.cpp']
+    d3d11_sources += winrtcapture_sources
     extra_args += ['-DHAVE_WINRT_CAPTURE']
     extra_dep += [dwmapi_lib]
   endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/meson.build
index 958f73f4bd..53dfc6af86 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3d12/meson.build
@@ -38,6 +38,72 @@ d3d12_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+d3d12_headers = [
+  'gstd3d12upload.h',
+  'gstd3d12decoder.h',
+  'gstd3d12screencapturedevice.h',
+  'gstd3d12h264dec.h',
+  'gstd3d12yadif.h',
+  'gstd3d12h264enc.h',
+  'gstd3d12convert.h',
+  'gstd3d12encoderbufferpool.h',
+  'gstd3d12download.h',
+  'gstd3d12ipcclient.h',
+  'gstd3d12mpeg2dec.h',
+  'gstd3d12graphicscapture.h',
+  'gstd3d12ipcsink.h',
+  'gstd3d12memorycopy.h',
+  'gstd3d12decodercpbpool.h',
+  'gstd3d12compositor.h',
+  'gstd3d12window-swapchain-resource.h',
+  'gstd3d12mipgen.h',
+  'gstd3d12swapchainsink.h',
+  'gstd3d12window-swapchain.h',
+  'gstd3d12dpbstorage.h',
+  'gstd3d12pluginutils.h',
+  'gstd3d12h265dec.h',
+  'gstd3d12screencapturesrc.h',
+  'gstd3d12overlaycompositor.h',
+  'gstd3d12window.h',
+  'gstd3d12av1dec.h',
+  'gstd3d12videosink.h',
+  'gstd3d12window-win32.h',
+  'gstd3d12encoder.h',
+  'gstd3d12dxgicapture.h',
+  'gstd3d12mipmapping.h',
+  'gstd3d12vp9dec.h',
+  'gstd3d12ipc.h',
+  'gstd3d12deinterlace.h',
+  'gstd3d12ipcserver.h',
+  'gstd3d12ipcsrc.h',
+  'gstd3d12screencapture.h',
+  'gstd3d12basefilter.h',
+  'gstd3d12testsrc.h',
+  'gstd3d12vp8dec.h',
+]
+
+graphicscapture_sources = [
+  'gstd3d12graphicscapture.cpp',
+]
+
+memorycopy_sources = [
+  'gstd3d12memorycopy.cpp',
+]
+
+download_upload_sources = [
+  'gstd3d12download.cpp',
+  'gstd3d12upload.cpp',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: d3d12_sources + graphicscapture_sources + memorycopy_sources + download_upload_sources + d3d12_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'd3d12': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = [
   '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API',
   '-DGST_D3D12_USE_DIRECTX_HEADERS',
@@ -163,21 +229,16 @@ endif
 
 if have_wgc and dwmapi_lib.found()
   d3d12_cdata.set('HAVE_WGC', true)
-  d3d12_sources += ['gstd3d12graphicscapture.cpp']
+  d3d12_sources += graphicscapture_sources
   extra_deps += [dwmapi_lib]
 endif
 
 if gstd3d11_dep.found()
   d3d12_cdata.set('HAVE_GST_D3D11', true)
   extra_deps += [gstd3d11_dep]
-  d3d12_sources += [
-    'gstd3d12memorycopy.cpp',
-  ]
+  d3d12_sources += memorycopy_sources
 else
-  d3d12_sources += [
-    'gstd3d12download.cpp',
-    'gstd3d12upload.cpp',
-  ]
+  d3d12_sources += download_upload_sources
 endif
 
 configure_file(
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3dvideosink/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3dvideosink/meson.build
index 61ee39b52d..db6d523ab9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3dvideosink/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/d3dvideosink/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ d3dvideosink_sources = [
   'gstd3d9overlay.c'
 ]
 
+d3dvideosink_headers = [
+  'gstd3d9overlay.h',
+  'd3dvideosink.h',
+  'd3dhelpers.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: d3dvideosink_sources + d3dvideosink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'd3d': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system != 'windows' or get_option('d3dvideosink').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/decklink/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/decklink/meson.build
index 587f1910b9..716d7d64e6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/decklink/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/decklink/meson.build
@@ -8,9 +8,36 @@ decklink_sources = [
   'gstdecklinkdeviceprovider.cpp',
 ]
 
-if get_option('decklink').disabled()
-  subdir_done()
-endif
+decklink_headers = [
+  'gstdecklinkaudiosrc.h',
+  'gstdecklinkdeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstdecklink.h',
+  'gstdecklinkvideosrc.h',
+  'gstdecklinkaudiosink.h',
+  'gstdecklinkvideosink.h',
+]
+
+windows_sources = [
+  'win/DeckLinkAPIDispatch.cpp',
+  'win/DeckLinkAPI_i.c'
+]
+
+linux_sources = [
+  'linux/DeckLinkAPIDispatch.cpp',
+]
+
+osx_sources = [
+  'osx/DeckLinkAPIDispatch.cpp'
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: decklink_sources + windows_sources + linux_sources + osx_sources + decklink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'decklink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
 
 build_decklink = false
 decklink_ldflags = []
@@ -19,7 +46,7 @@ decklink_libs = []
 extra_args = cc.get_supported_arguments(['-Wno-undef'])
 
 if host_system == 'windows'
-  decklink_sources += ['win/DeckLinkAPIDispatch.cpp', 'win/DeckLinkAPI_i.c']
+  decklink_sources += windows_sources
   if cxx.get_id() == 'msvc'
     # FIXME: Use commsuppwd.lib for debug builds?
     comutil_dep = cxx.find_library('comsuppw', required : get_option('decklink'))
@@ -36,16 +63,20 @@ else
   if libdl.found() and have_pthread_h
     decklink_libs = [libm, libdl, dependency('threads')]
     if host_system == 'linux'
-      decklink_sources += ['linux/DeckLinkAPIDispatch.cpp']
+      decklink_sources += linux_sources
       build_decklink = true
     elif ['darwin', 'ios'].contains(host_system)
-      decklink_sources += ['osx/DeckLinkAPIDispatch.cpp']
+      decklink_sources += osx_sources
       decklink_ldflags = ['-Wl,-framework,CoreFoundation']
       build_decklink = true
     endif
   endif
 endif
 
+if get_option('decklink').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 if build_decklink
   message('Building decklink plugin')
   decklink = library('gstdecklink',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directshow/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directshow/meson.build
index e74886d189..550fc2b201 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directshow/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directshow/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,29 @@ dshow_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+dshow_headers = [
+  'gstdshowaudiodec.h',
+  'gstdshowaudiosrc.h',
+  'gstdshowutil.h',
+  'dshowdeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstdshowvideodec.h',
+  'dshowvideofakesrc.h',
+  'gstdshow.h',
+  'gstdshowfakesrc.h',
+  'gstdshowfakesink.h',
+  'dshowvideosink.h',
+  'gstdshowvideosrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dshow_sources + dshow_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'directshow': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 dshow_option = get_option('directshow')
 
 if cxx.get_id() != 'msvc' or dshow_option.disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directsound/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directsound/meson.build
index 885f1d0a6a..46f9c3dd51 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directsound/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/directsound/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ directsoundsrc_sources = [
   'gstdirectsoundplugin.c',
 ]
 
+directsoundsrc_headers = [
+  'gstdirectsounddevice.h',
+  'gstdirectsoundsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: directsoundsrc_sources + directsoundsrc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'directsoundsrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 directsoundsrc_device_flags = [
   '-DGstDirectSoundDeviceProvider=GstDirectSoundSrcDeviceProvider',
   '-DGstDirectSoundDeviceProviderClass=GstDirectSoundSrcDeviceProviderClass',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dvb/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dvb/meson.build
index 0c334adf08..e505711a65 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dvb/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dvb/meson.build
@@ -16,6 +16,32 @@ dvb_sources = [
   'parsechannels.c',
 ]
 
+dvb_headers = [
+  'camconditionalaccess.h',
+  'cam.h',
+  'camdevice.h',
+  'camapplication.h',
+  'dvbbasebin.h',
+  'gstdvbsrc.h',
+  'camutils.h',
+  'camsession.h',
+  'camswclient.h',
+  'gstdvbelements.h',
+  'parsechannels.h',
+  'camresourcemanager.h',
+  'camtransport.h',
+  'camapplicationinfo.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dvb_sources + dvb_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvb': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('dvb').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/meson.build
index af372f2dee..6e3e4ffd9f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/dwrite/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,39 @@ dwrite_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+dwrite_headers = [
+  'gstdwritetimeoverlay.h',
+  'gstdwriterender_d3d11.h',
+  'gstdwritebaseoverlay.h',
+  'gstdwritebitmapmemory.h',
+  'gstdwriterender_d3d12.h',
+  'gstdwritebitmappool.h',
+  'gstdwriteoverlayobject.h',
+  'gstdwriterender_bitmap.h',
+  'gstdwriterender.h',
+  'gstdwrite-utils.h',
+  'gstdwrite-effect.h',
+  'gstdwritetextoverlay.h',
+  'gstdwrite-renderer.h',
+  'gstdwrite-enums.h',
+  'gstdwritesubtitlemux.h',
+  'gstdwriteclockoverlay.h',
+  'gstdwritesubtitleoverlay.h',
+]
+
+d3d12_sources = [
+  'gstdwriterender_d3d12.cpp'
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dwrite_sources + d3d12_sources + dwrite_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dwrite': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 extra_deps = []
 
@@ -72,7 +105,7 @@ subdir('libcaption')
 if gstd3d12_dep.found() and cc.has_header('d3d11on12.h')
   extra_args += ['-DHAVE_GST_D3D12']
   extra_deps += [gstd3d12_dep]
-  dwrite_sources += ['gstdwriterender_d3d12.cpp']
+  dwrite_sources += d3d12_sources
 endif
 
 gstdwrite = library('gstdwrite',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/fbdev/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/fbdev/meson.build
index 1a77fabb77..6b93bb0e48 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/fbdev/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/fbdev/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,19 @@ fbdevsink_sources = [
   'gstfbdevsink.c',
 ]
 
+fbdevsink_headers = [
+  'gstfbdevsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: fbdevsink_sources + fbdevsink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'fbdevsink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('fbdev').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build
index 45cd8cbb77..0a2300ba52 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/ipcpipeline/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ ipcpipeline_sources = [
   'gstipcslavepipeline.c'
 ]
 
+ipcpipeline_headers = [
+  'gstipcpipelinesink.h',
+  'gstipcpipelineelements.h',
+  'gstipcpipelinecomm.h',
+  'gstipcpipelinesrc.h',
+  'gstipcslavepipeline.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ipcpipeline_sources + ipcpipeline_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ipcpipeline': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('ipcpipeline').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/kms/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/kms/meson.build
index 44c7df1636..6f2cec8b40 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/kms/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/kms/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,24 @@ kmssink_sources = [
   'gstkmssink.c',
   'gstkmsutils.c',
 ]
+
+kmssink_headers = [
+  'gstkmsallocator.h',
+  'gstkmsutils.h',
+  'gstkmsedid.h',
+  'gstkmsbufferpool.h',
+  'gstkmssink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: kmssink_sources + kmssink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'kms': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_deps = []
 
 if host_system != 'linux'
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/magicleap/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/magicleap/meson.build
index faeee9dff2..0b1ea64af9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/magicleap/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/magicleap/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ magicleap_sources = [
   'mlaudiowrapper.cpp',
 ]
 
+magicleap_headers = [
+  'mlaudiosink.h',
+  'mlaudiowrapper.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: magicleap_sources + magicleap_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'magicleap': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libmlaudio_dep = cc.find_library('ml_audio', required : get_option('magicleap'))
 liblumin_core_dep = cc.find_library('lumin_rt_core_1_7', required : get_option('magicleap'))
 liblumin_app_dep = cc.find_library('lumin_rt_app_1_7', required : get_option('magicleap'))
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build
index 6b9a0594c6..05fae24e58 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/mediafoundation/meson.build
@@ -40,6 +40,15 @@ mf_header_deps = [
   'codecapi.h',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mf_sources + mf_desktop_sources + mf_app_sources
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mediafoundation': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 winapi_desktop = false
 winapi_app = false
 have_capture_engine = false
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build
index 4b967eda3e..79e7200da5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/msdk/meson.build
@@ -23,6 +23,72 @@ msdk_sources = [
   'msdk.c',
 ]
 
+msdk_headers = [
+  'gstmsdkallocator.h',
+  'gstmsdkcaps.h',
+  'gstmsdkcontext.h',
+  'gstmsdkav1dec.h',
+  'gstmsdkvp8dec.h',
+  'msdk_libva.h',
+  'gstmsdkvp9enc.h',
+  'gstmsdkh264enc.h',
+  'gstmsdkav1enc.h',
+  'gstmsdkvp9dec.h',
+  'gstmsdkmjpegdec.h',
+  'gstmsdkallocator_libva.h',
+  'gstmsdkdec.h',
+  'gstmsdkenc.h',
+  'gstmsdkmpeg2dec.h',
+  'gstmsdkh265enc.h',
+  'gstmsdkvpputil.h',
+  'msdk.h',
+  'gstmsdkdecproputil.h',
+  'gstmsdkh265dec.h',
+  'gstmsdkcontextutil.h',
+  'gstmsdkvc1dec.h',
+  'gstmsdkmpeg2enc.h',
+  'msdk-enums.h',
+  'gstmsdkmjpegenc.h',
+  'gstmsdkh264dec.h',
+  'gstmsdkvpp.h',
+]
+
+windows_sources = [
+    'msdk_d3d.c',
+    'gstmsdkallocator_d3d.c',
+]
+
+non_windows_sources = [
+  'msdk_libva.c',
+  'gstmsdkallocator_libva.c',
+]
+
+vp9dec_sources = [
+  'gstmsdkvp9dec.c',
+]
+
+vp9enc_sources = [
+  'gstmsdkvp9enc.c',
+]
+
+av1dec_sources = [
+  'gstmsdkav1dec.c',
+]
+
+av1enc_sources = [
+  'gstmsdkav1enc.c',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: msdk_sources + windows_sources + non_windows_sources + vp9dec_sources + vp9enc_sources + av1dec_sources + av1enc_sources + msdk_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'msdk': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+have_msdk = true
+
 have_msdk = false
 msdk_dep = []
 use_msdk = false
@@ -42,7 +108,7 @@ if msdk_option.disabled()
 endif
 
 if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  msdk_sources += ['msdk_d3d.c', 'gstmsdkallocator_d3d.c' ]
+  msdk_sources += windows_sources
   if gstd3d11_dep.found()
     extra_args += ['-DCOBJMACROS']
   else
@@ -59,7 +125,7 @@ else
     endif
     subdir_done()
   endif
-  msdk_sources += ['msdk_libva.c', 'gstmsdkallocator_libva.c']
+  msdk_sources += non_windows_sources
 endif
 
 mfx_api = get_option('mfx_api')
@@ -122,7 +188,7 @@ elif cxx.has_header('mfx/mfxdefs.h', args: '-I' + mfx_incdir)
 endif
 
 if use_onevpl or cxx.has_header('mfxvp9.h', args: '-I' + mfx_incdir)
-  msdk_sources += [ 'gstmsdkvp9dec.c' ]
+  msdk_sources += vp9dec_sources
   cdata.set('USE_MSDK_VP9_DEC', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -142,7 +208,7 @@ have_mfx_ver126 = cc.compiles(mfx_ver126_check_code,
                 include_directories : [configinc, mfx_inc])
 
 if have_mfx_ver126
-  msdk_sources += [ 'gstmsdkvp9enc.c' ]
+  msdk_sources += vp9enc_sources
   cdata.set('USE_MSDK_VP9_ENC', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -157,7 +223,7 @@ have_mfx_ver134 = cc.compiles(mfx_ver134_check_code,
                 include_directories : [configinc, mfx_inc])
 
 if have_mfx_ver134
-  msdk_sources += [ 'gstmsdkav1dec.c' ]
+  msdk_sources += av1dec_sources
   cdata.set('USE_MSDK_AV1_DEC', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -172,7 +238,7 @@ have_mfx_ver205 = cc.compiles(mfx_ver205_check_code,
                 include_directories: [configinc, mfx_inc])
 
 if use_onevpl and have_mfx_ver205
-  msdk_sources += [ 'gstmsdkav1enc.c' ]
+  msdk_sources += av1enc_sources
   cdata.set10('USE_MSDK_AV1_ENC', 1)
 endif
 
@@ -208,5 +274,4 @@ if msdk_deps_found
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )
   plugins += [gstmsdktag]
-  have_msdk = true
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/meson.build
index 69bbc2b1bb..fd8c59678e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/nvcodec/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,11 @@ nvcodec_sources = [
   'plugin.c'
 ]
 
+# Only docstring-containing headers need listing here
+nvcodec_headers = [
+  'gstcudaconverter.h'
+]
+
 nvcodec_dgpu_sources = [
   'gstcuvidloader.c',
   'gstnvav1dec.cpp',
@@ -45,6 +50,15 @@ nvcodec_d3d12_sources = [
   'gstcudainterop_d3d12.cpp',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: nvcodec_sources + nvcodec_dgpu_sources + nvcodec_win32_sources + nvcodec_unix_sources + nvcodec_d3d12_sources + nvcodec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'nvcodec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('nvcodec').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -118,4 +132,3 @@ gstnvcodec = library('gstnvcodec',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstnvcodec]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/opensles/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/opensles/meson.build
index a4b2176e9f..3e6358b3b1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/opensles/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/opensles/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ opensles_sources = [
   'openslesplugin.c',
 ]
 
+opensles_headers = [
+  'openslessrc.h',
+  'openslesringbuffer.h',
+  'openslescommon.h',
+  'opensles.h',
+  'openslessink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: opensles_sources + opensles_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'opensles': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 opensles_option = get_option('opensles')
 if opensles_option.disabled()
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/meson.build
index 5bd7e1683b..189fac078a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/qsv/meson.build
@@ -15,6 +15,24 @@ qsv_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+qsv_headers = [
+  'gstqsvallocator_d3d11.h',
+  'gstqsvallocator.h',
+  'gstqsvallocator_va.h',
+  'gstqsvav1enc.h',
+  'gstqsvdecoder.h',
+  'gstqsvencoder.h',
+  'gstqsvh264dec.h',
+  'gstqsvh264enc.h',
+  'gstqsvh265dec.h',
+  'gstqsvh265enc.h',
+  'gstqsvjpegdec.h',
+  'gstqsvjpegenc.h',
+  'gstqsvutils.h',
+  'gstqsvvp9dec.h',
+  'gstqsvvp9enc.h',
+]
+
 qsv_d3d11_sources = [
   'gstqsvallocator_d3d11.cpp',
 ]
@@ -23,6 +41,15 @@ qsv_va_sources = [
   'gstqsvallocator_va.cpp',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: qsv_sources + qsv_d3d11_sources + qsv_va_sources + qsv_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'qsv': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = [
   '-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API',
 ]
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build
index c40136b13f..78d988d01f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/shm/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ shm_sources = [
   'gstshmsink.c',
 ]
 
+shm_headers = [
+  'gstshmsink.h',
+  'shmpipe.h',
+  'gstshmsrc.h',
+  'shmalloc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: shm_sources + shm_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'shm': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 shm_deps = []
 shm_enabled = false
 if get_option('shm').disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/tinyalsa/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/tinyalsa/meson.build
index 0a4ffb9ec1..fbd87f7018 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/tinyalsa/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/tinyalsa/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,22 @@
+tinyalsa_sources = [
+  'tinyalsa.c',
+  'tinyalsasink.c',
+]
+
+tinyalsa_headers = [
+  'tinyalsasink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: tinyalsa_sources + tinyalsa_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'tinyalsa': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+
 if get_option('tinyalsa').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -9,7 +28,7 @@ have_tinyalsa = tinyalsa_dep.found()
 
 if have_tinyalsa
   gsttinyalsa = library('gsttinyalsa',
-    'tinyalsa.c', 'tinyalsasink.c',
+    tinyalsa_sources,
     c_args: gst_plugins_bad_args,
     include_directories: [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, tinyalsa_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvcgadget/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvcgadget/meson.build
index 0d3cbf4e81..753fafc388 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvcgadget/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvcgadget/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ uvcgadget_sources = [
   'uvc.c'
 ]
 
+uvcgadget_headers = [
+  'configfs.h',
+  'gstuvcsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: uvcgadget_sources + uvcgadget_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'uvcgadget': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libgudev_dep = dependency('gudev-1.0', required: get_option('uvcgadget'))
 
 if get_option('uvcgadget').disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvch264/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvch264/meson.build
index 69d4bb1f30..06a58e99a9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvch264/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/uvch264/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ uvch264_sources = [
   'uvc_h264.c',
 ]
 
+uvch264_headers = [
+  'uvc_h264.h',
+  'gstuvch264_src.h',
+  'gstuvch264_mjpgdemux.h',
+  'gstuvch264deviceprovider.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: uvch264_sources + uvch264_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'uvch264': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libgudev_dep = dependency('gudev-1.0', required : get_option('uvch264'), allow_fallback: true)
 libusb_dep = dependency('libusb-1.0', required : get_option('uvch264'))
 has_uvcvideo_h = cc.has_header('linux/uvcvideo.h')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/meson.build
index ffdc572637..cf655798b6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/v4l2codecs/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,30 @@ v4l2codecs_sources = [
   'gstv4l2codecalphadecodebin.c',
 ]
 
+v4l2codecs_headers = [
+  'gstv4l2format.h',
+  'gstv4l2decoder.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecvp9dec.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecvp8dec.h',
+  'gstv4l2codech265dec.h',
+  'gstv4l2codech264dec.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecalphadecodebin.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecallocator.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecav1dec.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecmpeg2dec.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecdevice.h',
+  'gstv4l2codecpool.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: v4l2codecs_sources + v4l2codecs_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'v4l2codecs': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libgudev_dep = dependency('gudev-1.0', required: get_option('v4l2codecs'), allow_fallback: true)
 
 if get_option('v4l2codecs').disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
index 86c61cd4a0..62e2aa5060 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/va/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,39 @@ va_sources = [
   'gstvavpp.c',
 ]
 
+va_headers = [
+  'gstjpegdecoder.h',
+  'gstvaav1dec.h',
+  'gstvaav1enc.h',
+  'gstvabasedec.h',
+  'gstvabaseenc.h',
+  'gstvabase.h',
+  'gstvabasetransform.h',
+  'gstvacaps.h',
+  'gstvacompositor.h',
+  'gstvadecoder.h',
+  'gstvadeinterlace.h',
+  'gstvadevice.h',
+  'gstvadisplay_priv.h',
+  'gstvaencoder.h',
+  'gstvafilter.h',
+  'gstvah264dec.h',
+  'gstvah264enc.h',
+  'gstvah265dec.h',
+  'gstvah265enc.h',
+  'gstvajpegdec.h',
+  'gstvajpegenc.h',
+  'gstvampeg2dec.h',
+  'gstvapluginutils.h',
+  'gstvaprofile.h',
+  'gstvavp8dec.h',
+  'gstvavp8enc.h',
+  'gstvavp9dec.h',
+  'gstvavp9enc.h',
+  'gstvavpp.h',
+  'vacompat.h',
+]
+
 va_linux_sources = [
   'gstvadevice_linux.c'
 ]
@@ -37,6 +70,19 @@ va_win32_sources = [
   'gstvadevice_win32.cpp'
 ]
 
+va_av1enc_sources = [
+  'gstvaav1enc.c'
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: va_sources + va_linux_sources + va_win32_sources + va_av1enc_sources + va_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'va': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system not in ['linux', 'windows']
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -75,7 +121,7 @@ if cc.get_id() == 'msvc'
 endif
 
 if libva_dep.version().version_compare('>= 1.15')
-  va_sources += 'gstvaav1enc.c'
+  va_sources += va_av1enc_sources
 endif
 
 gstva = library('gstva',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi/meson.build
index aba3ec56ce..335fefbab3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ wasapi_sources = [
   'gstwasapidevice.c',
 ]
 
+wasapi_headers = [
+  'gstwasapisink.h',
+  'gstwasapisrc.h',
+  'gstmmdeviceenumerator.h',
+  'gstwasapidevice.h',
+  'gstwasapiutil.h',
+  'gstaudioclient3.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wasapi_sources + wasapi_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wasapi': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system != 'windows'
   if get_option('wasapi').disabled()
     subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi2/meson.build
index 59425e623f..52b8b7d72f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wasapi2/meson.build
@@ -8,12 +8,31 @@ wasapi2_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+wasapi2_headers = [
+  'gstwasapi2ringbuffer.h',
+  'gstwasapi2device.h',
+  'gstwasapi2util.h',
+  'gstwasapi2src.h',
+  'gstwasapi2sink.h',
+  'gstwasapi2client.h',
+  'AsyncOperations.h',
+]
+
 mmdeviceapi_symbols = [
   'ActivateAudioInterfaceAsync',
   'DEVINTERFACE_AUDIO_RENDER',
   'DEVINTERFACE_AUDIO_CAPTURE',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wasapi2_sources + wasapi2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wasapi2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 wasapi2_option = get_option('wasapi2')
 if host_system != 'windows'
   if wasapi2_option.disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/webview2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/webview2/meson.build
index d4b4e1283e..781ef11959 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/webview2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/webview2/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,20 @@ webview2_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+webview2_headers = [
+  'gstwebview2object.h',
+  'gstwebview2src.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: webview2_sources + webview2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'webview2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API']
 
 webview2_option = get_option('webview2')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wic/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wic/meson.build
index bbd9ad01dc..f9e16c8815 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wic/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/wic/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ wic_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+wic_headers = [
+  'gstwicimagingfactory.h',
+  'gstwicdecoder.h',
+  'gstwicpngdec.h',
+  'gstwicjpegdec.h',
+  'gstwicutils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wic_sources + wic_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wic': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 extra_args = []
 wic_deps = []
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/win32ipc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/win32ipc/meson.build
index f2335a53b7..9a18c88084 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/win32ipc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/win32ipc/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,23 @@ win32ipc_sources = [
   'plugin.cpp',
 ]
 
+win32ipc_headers = [
+  'gstwin32ipcvideosink.h',
+  'gstwin32ipcmemory.h',
+  'gstwin32ipcvideosrc.h',
+  'gstwin32ipcbufferpool.h',
+  'gstwin32ipcutils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: win32ipc_sources + win32ipc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'win32ipc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system != 'windows' or get_option('win32ipc').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winks/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winks/meson.build
index 2f4c29f417..85fa3b6704 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winks/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winks/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,24 @@ winks_sources = [
   'ksvideohelpers.c',
 ]
 
+winks_headers = [
+  'gstksvideodevice.h',
+  'ksvideohelpers.h',
+  'ksdeviceprovider.h',
+  'kshelpers.h',
+  'gstksvideosrc.h',
+  'gstksclock.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: winks_sources + winks_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'winks': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 winks_option = get_option('winks')
 if host_system == 'windows' and not winks_option.disabled()
   # FIXME: Add a way to skip this library when these deps are not found. Not
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winscreencap/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winscreencap/meson.build
index de12849f37..5ae1c7a99a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winscreencap/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/sys/winscreencap/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ winscreencap_sources = [
   'gstwinscreencap.c',
 ]
 
+winscreencap_headers = [
+  'gstwinscreencap.h',
+  'gstgdiscreencapsrc.h',
+  'gstdx9screencapsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: winscreencap_sources + winscreencap_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'winscreencap': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system != 'windows' or get_option('winscreencap').disabled()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/gst-project-maker b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/gst-project-maker
index 7241ae30e7..f658c03622 100755
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/gst-project-maker
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-bad/tools/gst-project-maker
@@ -164,14 +164,14 @@ cat >$basedir/plugins/meson.build <<EOF
 lib_args = common_args + []
 
 # sources used to compile this plug-in
-plugin_sources = [
+sources = [
   '${gstreplace}plugin.c',
   '${gstreplace}.c',
   '${gstreplace}.h'
 ]
 
 shlib = shared_library('${gstreplace}',
-  plugin_sources,
+  sources,
   c_args : lib_args,
   include_directories: [configinc],
   dependencies : plugin_deps,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/meson.build
index c6b22c4694..14ebf1a867 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/docs/meson.build
@@ -199,12 +199,27 @@ else
     )]
 endif
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--builddir', meson.current_build_dir(),
@@ -212,10 +227,11 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--sitemap', cdir / 'plugins/sitemap.txt',
     '--index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.[cmh]',
-        cdir / '../gst/*/*.[ch]',
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/alsa/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/alsa/meson.build
index 56d8f046d7..025d2a9a48 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/alsa/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/alsa/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ alsa_sources = [
   'gstalsasrc.c',
 ]
 
+alsa_headers = [
+  'gstalsamidisrc.h',
+  'gstalsa.h',
+  'gstalsaelements.h',
+  'gstalsasrc.h',
+  'gstalsasink.h',
+  'gstalsadeviceprovider.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: alsa_sources + alsa_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'alsa': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 alsa_dep = dependency('alsa', version : '>=0.9.1', required : get_option('alsa'))
 
 if alsa_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/cdparanoia/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/cdparanoia/meson.build
index efb018be99..57ebff3e99 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/cdparanoia/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/cdparanoia/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,20 @@
+cdparanoia_sources = [
+  'gstcdparanoiasrc.c',
+]
+
+cdparanoia_headers = [
+  'gstcdparanoiasrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: cdparanoia_sources + cdparanoia_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'cdparanoia': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 cdparanoia_deps = []
 cdparanoia_found = false
 cdparanoia_option = get_option('cdparanoia')
@@ -40,7 +57,7 @@ if cdparanoia_found
   ])
 
   gstcdparanoia = library('gstcdparanoia',
-    ['gstcdparanoiasrc.c'],
+    cdparanoia_sources,
     include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
     c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + extra_args,
     dependencies : cdparanoia_deps + [audio_dep, gst_dep, gst_base_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/gl/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/gl/meson.build
index e38ad88db4..3450f9bafc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/gl/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/gl/meson.build
@@ -46,6 +46,53 @@ opengl_sources = [
   'gstglutils.c'
 ]
 
+opengl_headers = [
+  'caopengllayersink.h',
+  'gstgloverlaycompositorelement.h',
+  'gstglcolorbalance.h',
+  'gstglmixerbin.h',
+  'gstglstereosplit.h',
+  'gstglstereomix.h',
+  'gstgldeinterlace.h',
+  'gstglbumper.h',
+  'gstglfiltershader.h',
+  'gstgltestsrc.h',
+  'gstglmosaic.h',
+  'gstgldifferencematte.h',
+  'gstgltransformation.h',
+  'gstglalpha.h',
+  'gstgloverlay.h',
+  'gstglvideomixer.h',
+  'gstglcolorscale.h',
+  'gstglelements.h',
+  'gstglutils.h',
+  'gstglfiltercube.h',
+  'gstglfilterglass.h',
+  'gstgluploadelement.h',
+  'gstglimagesink.h',
+  'gstglcolorconvertelement.h',
+  'gltestsrc.h',
+  'gstgleffects.h',
+  'gstglfilterapp.h',
+  'gstgldmabufbufferpool.h',
+  'gstgldownloadelement.h',
+  'gstglfilterreflectedscreen.h',
+  'gstglviewconvert.h',
+  'gstglfilterbin.h',
+  'gstglsinkbin.h',
+  'gstglsrcbin.h',
+  'gstglvideoflip.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: opengl_sources + opengl_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'opengl': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if get_option('gl').disabled() or not gstgl_dep.found()
   subdir_done()
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/libvisual/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/libvisual/meson.build
index fc2b5929d6..b22c6f005a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/libvisual/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/libvisual/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ libvisual_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+libvisual_headers = [
+  'visual.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: libvisual_sources + libvisual_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'libvisual': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libvisual_dep = dependency('libvisual-0.4', version : '>= 0.4.0',
                            required : get_option('libvisual'))
 if libvisual_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/ogg/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/ogg/meson.build
index 70fff43666..0512f458d6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/ogg/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/ogg/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,24 @@ ogg_sources = [
   'vorbis_parse.c',
 ]
 
+ogg_headers = [
+  'gstoggmux.h',
+  'vorbis_parse.h',
+  'gstoggelements.h',
+  'gstoggstream.h',
+  'dirac_parse.h',
+  'gstoggdemux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ogg_sources + ogg_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ogg': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 ogg_dep = dependency('ogg', allow_fallback: true, version : '>=1.0', required : get_option('ogg'))
 core_conf.set('HAVE_OGG', ogg_dep.found())
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/meson.build
index b065d6a656..5de0e1c7ce 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/opus/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ opus_sources = [
   'gstopusheader.c',
 ]
 
+opus_headers = [
+  'gstopusenc.h',
+  'gstopusheader.h',
+  'gstopuselements.h',
+  'gstopuscommon.h',
+  'gstopusdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: opus_sources + opus_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'opus': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 opus_dep = dependency('opus', version: '>= 0.9.4', required: get_option('opus'),
                       fallback: ['opus', 'opus_dep'], default_options: ['docs=disabled'])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/meson.build
index b12e262f80..655b20110d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/pango/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,24 @@ pango_sources = [
   'gsttimeoverlay.c',
 ]
 
+pango_headers = [
+  'gsttextrender.h',
+  'gsttimeoverlay.h',
+  'gsttextoverlay.h',
+  'gstbasetextoverlay.h',
+  'gstpangoelements.h',
+  'gstclockoverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: pango_sources + pango_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'pango': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 pango_dep = dependency('pangocairo', version : '>=1.22.0', required : get_option('pango'),
   fallback: ['pango', 'libpangocairo_dep'],
   default_options: ['cairo=enabled'])
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/theora/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/theora/meson.build
index 645e52bf26..c8e8ccd023 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/theora/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/theora/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,21 @@ theora_sources = [
   'gsttheoraparse.c',
 ]
 
+theora_headers = [
+  'gsttheoraenc.h',
+  'gsttheoraparse.h',
+  'gsttheoradec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: theora_sources + theora_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'theora': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 theoradec_dep = dependency('theoradec', version : '>=1.1', required : get_option('theora'))
 theoraenc_dep = dependency('theoraenc', version : '>=1.1', required : get_option('theora'))
 theora_deps = []
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/vorbis/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/vorbis/meson.build
index 1aff8a9bb4..332441005d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/vorbis/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/ext/vorbis/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,16 @@ vorbis_sources = [
   'gstvorbiscommon.c',
 ]
 
+vorbis_headers = [
+  'gstvorbiscommon.h',
+  'gstvorbisdec.h',
+  'gstvorbisdeclib.h',
+  'gstvorbiselements.h',
+  'gstvorbisenc.h',
+  'gstvorbisparse.h',
+  'gstvorbistag.h',
+]
+
 vorbisidec_sources = [
   'gstivorbisdec.c',
   'gstvorbiselement.c',
@@ -17,6 +27,31 @@ vorbisidec_sources = [
   'gstvorbiscommon.c',
 ]
 
+vorbisidec_headers = [
+  'gstvorbiscommon.h',
+  'gstvorbisdec.h',
+  'gstvorbisdeclib.h',
+  'gstvorbiselements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vorbis_sources + vorbis_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'vorbis': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vorbisidec_sources + vorbisidec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ivorbisdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 vorbis_dep = dependency('vorbis', version : '>= 1.3.1', allow_fallback: true, required : get_option('vorbis'))
 vorbisenc_dep = dependency('vorbisenc', version : '>= 1.3.1', allow_fallback: true, required : get_option('vorbis'))
 vorbisidec_dep = dependency('vorbisidec', allow_fallback: true, required : get_option('tremor'))
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/meson.build
index c1979f4701..3fc9a79ae1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/adder/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+adder_sources = [
+  'gstadder.c',
+]
+
+adder_headers = [
+  'gstadder.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: adder_sources + adder_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'adder': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('adder').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 adder_deps = [audio_dep]
 orcsrc = 'gstadderorc'
 if have_orcc
@@ -21,7 +42,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 adder = library('gstadder',
-  'gstadder.c', orc_c, orc_h,
+  adder_sources + [orc_c, orc_h],
   c_args: gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : adder_deps,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/app/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/app/meson.build
index 9df43779f6..f515e3ca2a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/app/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/app/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,23 @@ app_sources = [
   'gstappsrc.c',
 ]
 
+app_headers = [
+  'gstappelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: app_sources + app_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'app': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('app').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstapp_plugin = library('gstapp',
   app_sources,
   c_args: gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioconvert/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioconvert/meson.build
index 4c02b24fdd..ebfaa91af2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioconvert/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioconvert/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ aconv_sources = [
   'plugin.c'
   ]
 
+aconv_headers = [
+  'gstaudioconvert.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: aconv_sources + aconv_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audioconvert': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audioconvert').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaudioconvert = library('gstaudioconvert',
   aconv_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiomixer/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiomixer/meson.build
index 488b0a9e2c..542a059649 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiomixer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiomixer/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,25 @@ audiomixer_sources = [
   'gstaudiomixerplugin.c'
 ]
 
+audiomixer_headers = [
+  'gstaudiomixer.h',
+  'gstaudiomixerelements.h',
+  'gstaudiointerleave.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiomixer_sources + audiomixer_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiomixer': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiomixer').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'gstaudiomixerorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
@@ -27,7 +46,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 gstaudiomixer = library('gstaudiomixer',
-  audiomixer_sources, orc_c, orc_h,
+  audiomixer_sources + [orc_c, orc_h],
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [audio_dep, gst_base_dep, orc_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiorate/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiorate/meson.build
index d260e30c83..60e5e3b931 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiorate/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiorate/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-audiorate = library('gstaudiorate',
+audiorate_sources = [
   'gstaudiorate.c',
+]
+
+audiorate_headers = [
+  'gstaudiorate.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiorate_sources + audiorate_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiorate': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiorate').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+audiorate = library('gstaudiorate',
+  audiorate_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [audio_dep, gst_base_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioresample/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioresample/meson.build
index b7f5770178..d1379e2473 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioresample/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audioresample/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,22 @@
 resample_sources = ['gstaudioresample.c']
 
+resample_headers = [
+  'gstaudioresample.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: resample_sources + resample_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audioresample': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audioresample').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 audioresample = library('gstaudioresample',
   resample_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiotestsrc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiotestsrc/meson.build
index 3157060d6c..9b69c009ad 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiotestsrc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/audiotestsrc/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
+audiotest_sources = [
+  'gstaudiotestsrc.c'
+]
+
+audiotest_headers = [
+  'gstaudiotestsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiotest_sources + audiotest_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiotestsrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiotestsrc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 audiotest = library('gstaudiotestsrc',
-  'gstaudiotestsrc.c', gstaudio_h,
+  audiotest_sources + [gstaudio_h],
   c_args: gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [audio_dep, gst_base_dep, libm],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/compositor/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/compositor/meson.build
index d2541542f0..e6a5638049 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/compositor/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/compositor/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ compositor_sources = [
   'compositor.c',
 ]
 
+compositor_headers = [
+  'blendorc.h',
+  'compositor.h',
+  'blend.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: compositor_sources + compositor_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'compositor': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('compositor').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'compositororc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/debugutils/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/debugutils/meson.build
index 48d04bf360..1980132d0b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/debugutils/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/debugutils/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,28 @@
-gstdebug = library('gstbasedebug',
+gstdebug_sources = [
   'gstdebug.c',
   'gstfakevideodec.c',
+]
+
+gstdebug_headers = [
+  'gst/debugutils/gstdebugutilselements.h',
+  'gst/debugutils/gstfakevideodec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstdebug_sources + gstdebug_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'basedebug': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('debugutils').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstdebug = library('gstbasedebug',
+  gstdebug_sources,
   c_args: gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gst_base_dep, video_dep],
@@ -8,4 +30,3 @@ gstdebug = library('gstbasedebug',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstdebug]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/dsd/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/dsd/meson.build
index ef1db3cf67..8350d704fb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/dsd/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/dsd/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ dsd_sources = [
   'plugin.c'
   ]
 
+dsd_headers = [
+  'gstdsdconvert.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dsd_sources + dsd_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dsd': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dsd').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdsd = library('gstdsd',
   dsd_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/meson.build
index 41455f5205..4b60f96632 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/encoding/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,30 @@ encoding_sources = [
   'gstencodingelements.c',
 ]
 
+encoding_headers = [
+  'gstsmartencoder.h',
+  'gststreamsplitter.h',
+  'gstencodebasebin.h',
+  'gststreamcombinerpad.h',
+  'gstencodebin2.h',
+  'gstencodebin.h',
+  'gstencodingelements.h',
+  'gststreamcombiner.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: encoding_sources + encoding_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'encoding': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('encoding').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstencoding = library('gstencoding',
   encoding_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/gio/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/gio/meson.build
index 4b8abfb906..7e5d5cf1d5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/gio/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/gio/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,29 @@ gio_sources = ['gstgio.c',
   'gstgiostreamsrc.c',
 ]
 
+gio_headers = [
+  'gstgiosink.h',
+  'gstgiobasesink.h',
+  'gstgiosrc.h',
+  'gstgiobasesrc.h',
+  'gstgiostreamsrc.h',
+  'gstgiostreamsink.h',
+  'gstgioelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gio_sources + gio_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gio': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('gio').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstgio = library('gstgio',
   gio_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/meson.build
index 185cc493d2..5eec6014a1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/meson.build
@@ -2,7 +2,5 @@ foreach plugin : ['adder', 'app', 'audioconvert', 'audiomixer', 'audiorate', 'au
                   'audiotestsrc', 'compositor', 'dsd', 'debugutils', 'encoding', 'gio', 'overlaycomposition',
                   'pbtypes', 'playback', 'rawparse', 'subparse', 'tcp', 'typefind',
                   'videoconvertscale', 'videorate', 'videotestsrc', 'volume']
-  if not get_option(plugin).disabled()
-    subdir(plugin)
-  endif
+  subdir(plugin)
 endforeach
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/overlaycomposition/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/overlaycomposition/meson.build
index c8061ec417..8f8ca5a3af 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/overlaycomposition/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/overlaycomposition/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+overlaycomposition_sources = [
+  'gstoverlaycomposition.c',
+]
+
+overlaycomposition_headers = [
+  'gstoverlaycomposition.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: overlaycomposition_sources + overlaycomposition_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'overlaycomposition': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('overlaycomposition').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstoverlaycomposition = library('gstoverlaycomposition',
   'gstoverlaycomposition.c',
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/pbtypes/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/pbtypes/meson.build
index 5c177397c8..a8809058bd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/pbtypes/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/pbtypes/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,23 @@
 gstpbtypes_sources = [
   'gstpbtypes.c'
-  ]
+]
+
+gstpbtypes_headers = [
+  'gstpbtypes.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gstpbtypes_sources + gstpbtypes_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'pbtypes': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('pbtypes').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
 
 gstpbtypes = library('gstpbtypes',
   gstpbtypes_sources,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/meson.build
index 05358fa2a5..5915e694db 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/playback/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,32 @@ playback_sources = [
   'gststreamsynchronizer.c'
 ]
 
+playback_headers = [
+  'gstplaysinkaudioconvert.h',
+  'gstplaybackelements.h',
+  'gstplaysinkvideoconvert.h',
+  'gstplaysink.h',
+  'gstrawcaps.h',
+  'gstplaybackutils.h',
+  'gstplay-enum.h',
+  'gststreamsynchronizer.h',
+  'gstplaysinkconvertbin.h',
+  'gstsubtitleoverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: playback_sources + playback_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'playback': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('playback').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstplayback = library('gstplayback',
   playback_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + ['-DCOLORSPACE="videoconvert"'],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/rawparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/rawparse/meson.build
index ca5aec0289..3d99f4c34a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/rawparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/rawparse/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,30 @@ raw_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+raw_headers = [
+  'gstrawaudioparse.h',
+  'gstrawbaseparse.h',
+  'gstrawvideoparse.h',
+  'gstunalignedvideoparse.h',
+  'gstunalignedaudioparse.h',
+  'gstrawparseelements.h',
+  'unalignedaudio.h',
+  'unalignedvideo.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: raw_sources + raw_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rawparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rawparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrawparse = library('gstrawparse',
   raw_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
@@ -16,4 +40,3 @@ gstrawparse = library('gstrawparse',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstrawparse]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/meson.build
index 0cc151c68c..8bd9589ce8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/subparse/meson.build
@@ -9,6 +9,29 @@ subparse_sources = [
   'qttextparse.c',
 ]
 
+subparse_headers = [
+  'qttextparse.h',
+  'samiparse.h',
+  'gstsubparseelements.h',
+  'gstssaparse.h',
+  'mpl2parse.h',
+  'tmplayerparse.h',
+  'gstsubparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: subparse_sources + subparse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'subparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('subparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsubparse = library('gstsubparse',
   subparse_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/meson.build
index 98b9686272..11dbdea3dd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/tcp/meson.build
@@ -11,10 +11,36 @@ tcp_sources = [
   'gsttcpplugin.c',
 ]
 
+tcp_headers = [
+  'gstsocketsrc.h',
+  'gstmultisocketsink.h',
+  'gsttcpclientsink.h',
+  'gstmultihandlesink.h',
+  'gsttcpelements.h',
+  'gsttcpserversink.h',
+  'gsttcpclientsrc.h',
+  'gstmultifdsink.h',
+  'gsttcpsrcstats.h',
+  'gsttcpserversrc.h',
+]
+
 if core_conf.has('HAVE_SYS_SOCKET_H')
    tcp_sources += 'gstmultifdsink.c'
 endif
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: tcp_sources + tcp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'tcp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('tcp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gsttcp = library('gsttcp',
   tcp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/typefind/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/typefind/meson.build
index d62645aa5e..a3a8dbacfe 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/typefind/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/typefind/meson.build
@@ -13,6 +13,24 @@ typefindfunctions_sources = [
 'gsttypefindfunctionsstartwith.c',
 ]
 
+typefindfunctions_headers = [
+  'gsttypefindfunctionsdata.h',
+  'gsttypefindfunctionsplugin.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: typefindfunctions_sources + typefindfunctions_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'typefindfunctions': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('typefind').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gsttypefind = library('gsttypefindfunctions',
   typefindfunctions_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + typefindfunctions_extra_defs,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videoconvertscale/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videoconvertscale/meson.build
index 88adb87018..c2ef0f607c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videoconvertscale/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videoconvertscale/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,25 @@ videoconvertscale_sources = [
   'gstvideoscale.c',
 ]
 
+videoconvertscale_headers = [
+  'gstvideoconvert.h',
+  'gstvideoscale.h',
+  'gstvideoconvertscale.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: videoconvertscale_sources + videoconvertscale_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videoconvertscale': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videoconvertscale').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvideoconvertscale = library('gstvideoconvertscale',
   videoconvertscale_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videorate/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videorate/meson.build
index 6d8981112e..76a84ea2ed 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videorate/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videorate/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstvideorate = library('gstvideorate',
+videorate_sources = [
   'gstvideorate.c',
+]
+
+videorate_headers = [
+  'gstvideorate.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: videorate_sources + videorate_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videorate': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videorate').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstvideorate = library('gstvideorate',
+  videorate_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [video_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videotestsrc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videotestsrc/meson.build
index 317616eab8..5b0e8758b0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videotestsrc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/videotestsrc/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,26 @@
+videotestsrc_sources = [
+  'gstvideotestsrc.c',
+  'videotestsrc.c',
+]
+
+videotestsrc_headers = [
+  'gstvideotestsrc.h',
+  'videotestsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: videotestsrc_sources + videotestsrc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videotestsrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('adder').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 videotestsrc_deps = [video_dep, gst_dep, gst_base_dep, libm]
 orcsrc = 'gstvideotestsrcorc'
 if have_orcc
@@ -21,7 +44,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 gstvideotestsrc = library('gstvideotestsrc',
-  'gstvideotestsrc.c', 'videotestsrc.c', orc_c, orc_h,
+  videotestsrc_sources + [orc_c, orc_h],
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : videotestsrc_deps,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/volume/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/volume/meson.build
index 6ff62626d7..5e9de1369c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/volume/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/gst/volume/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+volume_sources = [
+  'gstvolume.c'
+]
+
+volume_headers = [
+  'gstvolume.h'
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: volume_sources + volume_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'volume': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('volume').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 volume_deps = [audio_dep, gst_dep, gst_base_dep]
 orcsrc = 'gstvolumeorc'
 if have_orcc
@@ -20,7 +41,7 @@ else
     copy : true)
 endif
 
-gstvolume = library('gstvolume', 'gstvolume.c', orc_c, orc_h,
+gstvolume = library('gstvolume', volume_sources + [orc_c, orc_h],
   c_args : gst_plugins_base_args,
   include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : volume_deps,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
index 6006ed0722..4aeaf80f83 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/meson.build
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ osxversion = curversion + 1
 plugins_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'gstreamer-1.0')
 static_build = get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 gst_libraries = []
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
@@ -489,6 +490,12 @@ pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 
 meson_pkg_config_file_fixup_script = find_program('scripts/meson-pkg-config-file-fixup.py')
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 python3 = import('python').find_installation()
 subdir('gst-libs')
 subdir('gst')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/meson.build
index a93e07581f..40f770caec 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-if x11_dep.found()
-  # XShm is only used by ximage and xvimage
-  # FIXME: Need to check for XShmAttach inside libXext
-  xshm_dep = dependency('xext', required : get_option('xshm'))
-  xi_dep = dependency('xi', required : get_option('xi'))
-  core_conf.set('HAVE_XSHM', xshm_dep.found())
-  core_conf.set('HAVE_XI2', xi_dep.found())
+# XShm is only used by ximage and xvimage
+# FIXME: Need to check for XShmAttach inside libXext
+xshm_dep = dependency('xext', required : get_option('xshm'))
+xi_dep = dependency('xi', required : get_option('xi'))
+core_conf.set('HAVE_XSHM', xshm_dep.found())
+core_conf.set('HAVE_XI2', xi_dep.found())
 
-  subdir('ximage')
-  subdir('xvimage')
-endif
+subdir('ximage')
+subdir('xvimage')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/ximage/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/ximage/meson.build
index c80ffecdbe..c6d6eb9939 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/ximage/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/ximage/meson.build
@@ -4,12 +4,34 @@ if cc.has_argument ('-Wno-deprecated-declarations')
   no_warn_args += '-Wno-deprecated-declarations'
 endif
 
-gstximage = library('gstximagesink',
-  'ximagesink.c', 'ximage.c', 'ximagepool.c',
-  c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + no_warn_args,
-  include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
-  dependencies : [video_dep, gst_base_dep, gst_dep, x11_dep, xshm_dep, xi_dep],
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
-)
-plugins += [gstximage]
+ximage_sources = [
+  'ximagesink.c',
+  'ximage.c',
+  'ximagepool.c',
+]
+
+ximage_headers = [
+  'ximagepool.h',
+  'ximagesink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ximage_sources + ximage_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ximagesink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if x11_dep.found()
+  gstximage = library('gstximagesink',
+    ximage_sources,
+    c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + no_warn_args,
+    include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
+    dependencies : [video_dep, gst_base_dep, gst_dep, x11_dep, xshm_dep, xi_dep],
+    install : true,
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+  )
+  plugins += [gstximage]
+endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/xvimage/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/xvimage/meson.build
index ce84ed0f0c..881020f34b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/xvimage/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-base/sys/xvimage/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ xvimage_sources = [
   'xvimagesink.c',
 ]
 
+xvimage_headers = [
+  'xvcontext.h',
+  'xvimagesink.h',
+  'xvimagepool.h',
+  'xvimageallocator.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: xvimage_sources + xvimage_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'xvimagesink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 no_warn_args = []
 # XKeycodeToKeysym is deprecated, but we use it when Xkb is unavailable
 if cc.has_argument ('-Wno-deprecated-declarations')
@@ -14,7 +30,7 @@ endif
 
 xvideo_dep = dependency('xv', required : get_option('xvideo'))
 
-if xvideo_dep.found()
+if xvideo_dep.found() and x11_dep.found()
   gstxvimage = library('gstxvimagesink',
     xvimage_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_base_args + no_warn_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/meson.build
index 1ef7166c93..fe0cb536cb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/docs/meson.build
@@ -90,13 +90,28 @@ endforeach
 
 excludes += [join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), '..', 'sys', 'rpicamsrc', 'Raspi*.[ch]')]
 
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
+
 cdir = meson.current_source_dir()
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--builddir', meson.current_build_dir(),
@@ -104,14 +119,13 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--sitemap', cdir / 'sitemap.txt',
     '--index', cdir / 'index.md',
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources',
-        cdir / '../sys/*/*.[cmh]',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / '../gst/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / '../ext/*/*.cc',
     '--gst_c_source_filters', excludes,
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
     '--include_paths', cdir / '..',
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/aalib/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/aalib/meson.build
index 9fc6e7ab28..756ee9969d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/aalib/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/aalib/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,23 @@
+aasink_sources = [
+  'gstaasink.c',
+  'gstaatv.c',
+  'gstaaplugin.c',
+]
+
+aasink_headers = [
+  'gstaasink.h',
+  'gstaatv.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: aasink_sources + aasink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'aasink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 # Very much not going to implement all kinds of logic around aalib-config
 
 have_aalib = false
@@ -14,7 +34,7 @@ endif
 if have_aalib
   libaa_dep = cc.find_library('aa', required : aalib_option)
   if libaa_dep.found()
-    gstaasink = library('gstaasink', ['gstaasink.c','gstaatv.c', 'gstaaplugin.c'],
+    gstaasink = library('gstaasink', aasink_sources,
       c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
       link_args : noseh_link_args,
       include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/hls/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/hls/meson.build
index a9ce7ae6ae..c7c5181e8d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/hls/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/hls/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@ hls_sources = [
   'hls/m3u8.c',
 ]
 
+hls_headers = [
+  'hls/gsthlsdemux.h',
+  'hls/gsthlsdemux-playlist-loader.h',
+  'hls/gsthlsdemux-preloader.h',
+  'hls/gsthlsdemux-stream.h',
+  'hls/gsthlselements.h',
+  'hls/m3u8.h',
+]
+
 hls_cargs = []
 
 hls_crypto = get_option('hls-crypto')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/meson.build
index a1ec28db7a..6543179818 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/adaptivedemux2/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-dash_sources = [
+adaptive_sources = [
   'dash/gstdashdemux.c',
   'dash/gstmpdnode.c',
   'dash/gstmpdrootnode.c',
@@ -28,16 +28,10 @@ dash_sources = [
   'dash/gstxmlhelper.c',
   'dash/gstmpdhelper.c',
   'dash/gstmpdparser.c',
-  'dash/gstmpdclient.c'
-]
-
-smoothstreaming_sources = [
+  'dash/gstmpdclient.c',
   'mss/gstmssdemux.c',
   'mss/gstmssmanifest.c',
   'mss/gstmssfragmentparser.c',
-]
-
-plugin_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
   'gstisoff.c',
   'gstadaptivedemux.c',
@@ -51,6 +45,67 @@ plugin_sources = [
   '../soup/gstsouploader.c'
 ]
 
+adaptive_headers = [
+  'downloadhelper.h',
+  'downloadrequest.h',
+  'gstadaptivedemuxelements.h',
+  'gstadaptivedemux.h',
+  'gstadaptivedemux-private.h',
+  'gstadaptivedemux-stream.h',
+  'gstadaptivedemux-types.h',
+  'gstadaptivedemuxutils.h',
+  'gstisoff.h',
+  'dash/gstdash_debug.h',
+  'dash/gstdashdemux.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdadaptationsetnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdbaseurlnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdclient.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdcontentcomponentnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpddescriptortypenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdhelper.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdlocationnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdmetricsnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdmetricsrangenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdmultsegmentbasenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdparser.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdperiodnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpd-prelude.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdprograminformationnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdreportingnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdrepresentationbasenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdrepresentationnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdrootnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsegmentbasenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsegmentlistnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsegmenttemplatenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsegmenttimelinenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsegmenturlnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsubrepresentationnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdsubsetnode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdurltypenode.h',
+  'dash/gstmpdutctimingnode.h',
+  'dash/gstxmlhelper.h',
+  'mss/gstmssdemux.h',
+  'mss/gstmssfragmentparser.h',
+  'mss/gstmssmanifest.h',
+  'mss/gstmss-prelude.h',
+]
+
+subdir('hls')
+
+adaptive_sources += hls_sources
+adaptive_headers += hls_headers
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: adaptive_sources + adaptive_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'adaptivedemux2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 # Used for unit tests, so need to be defined even if we skip the subdir
 hls_dep = dependency('', required : false)
 adaptivedemux2_dep = dependency('', required : false)
@@ -76,18 +131,12 @@ if not adaptive_xml2_dep.found()
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
-subdir('hls')
-
-plugin_sources += dash_sources
-plugin_sources += smoothstreaming_sources
-plugin_sources += hls_sources
-
 libdl = cc.find_library('dl', required: false)
 soup_loader_args = ['-DBUILDING_ADAPTIVEDEMUX2']
 
 # Shared plugin doesn't link to libsoup but dlopen()s it at runtime
 adaptive_kwargs = {
-  'sources': plugin_sources,
+  'sources': adaptive_sources,
   'include_directories': [configinc, libsinc],
   'install': true,
   'install_dir': plugins_install_dir,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrnb/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrnb/meson.build
index 6fbd8faeee..11cb025c6b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrnb/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrnb/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,28 @@
 amrnb_dep = dependency('opencore-amrnb', version : '>= 0.1.3', required : get_option('amrnb'))
 
+amrnb_sources = [
+  'amrnb.c',
+  'amrnbdec.c',
+  'amrnbenc.c',
+]
+
+amrnb_headers = [
+  'amrnbdec.h',
+  'amrnbenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: amrnb_sources + amrnb_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'amrnb': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if amrnb_dep.found()
   amrnb = library('gstamrnb',
-    ['amrnb.c', 'amrnbdec.c', 'amrnbenc.c'],
+    amrnb_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, amrnb_dep],
@@ -10,6 +30,7 @@ if amrnb_dep.found()
     install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
   )
   plugins += [amrnb]
+
   install_data(sources: 'GstAmrnbEnc.prs', install_dir: presetdir)
 
   env = environment()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrwbdec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrwbdec/meson.build
index ea1778f984..4d168ac9d6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrwbdec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/amrwbdec/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
 amrwb_dep = dependency('opencore-amrwb', version : '>= 0.1.3', required : get_option('amrwbdec'))
 
+amrwbdec_sources = [
+  'amrwb.c',
+  'amrwbdec.c',
+]
+
+amrwbdec_headers = [
+  'amrwbdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: amrwbdec_sources + amrwbdec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'amrwbdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if amrwb_dep.found()
   amrwbdec = library('gstamrwbdec',
-    ['amrwb.c', 'amrwbdec.c'],
+    amrwbdec_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, amrwb_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/cairo/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/cairo/meson.build
index 5a3916ee65..433613fd22 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/cairo/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/cairo/meson.build
@@ -1,9 +1,27 @@
 cairo_dep = dependency('cairo-gobject', version : '>=1.10.0', required : get_option('cairo'),
                        default_options: ['glib=enabled'])
 
+cairo_sources = [
+  'gstcairo.c',
+  'gstcairooverlay.c',
+]
+
+cairo_headers = [
+  'gstcairooverlay.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: cairo_sources + cairo_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'cairo': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if cairo_dep.found()
   gstcairo = library('gstcairo',
-    'gstcairo.c', 'gstcairooverlay.c',
+    cairo_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/dv/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/dv/meson.build
index 3405a4eb98..a4f6bd3315 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/dv/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/dv/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ dv_sources = [
   'gstsmptetimecode.c',
 ]
 
+dv_headers = [
+  'gstsmptetimecode.h',
+  'gstdvdec.h',
+  'gstdvelements.h',
+  'gstdvdemux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dv_sources + dv_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dv': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 dv_dep = dependency('libdv', version : '>= 0.100', required : get_option('dv'),
   fallback: ['dv', 'dv_dep'])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/flac/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/flac/meson.build
index f5786dc390..43eb99bda0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/flac/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/flac/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,22 @@ flac_sources = [
   'gstflactag.c',
 ]
 
+flac_headers = [
+  'gstflacenc.h',
+  'gstflactag.h',
+  'gstflacdec.h',
+  'gstflacelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: flac_sources + flac_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'flac': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 flac_dep = dependency('flac', version : '>=1.1.4', required : get_option('flac'),
                       allow_fallback: true)
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gdk_pixbuf/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gdk_pixbuf/meson.build
index c0f6caf92b..c78bef14d2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gdk_pixbuf/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gdk_pixbuf/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,23 @@ pixbuf_sources = [
   'gstgdkpixbufsink.c',
 ]
 
+pixbuf_headers = [
+  'gstgdkpixbufsink.h',
+  'gstgdkpixbufdec.h',
+  'gstgdkpixbufoverlay.h',
+  'gstgdkanimation.h',
+  'gstgdkpixbufelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: pixbuf_sources + pixbuf_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gdkpixbuf': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 gdkpixbuf_dep = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', version : '>=2.8.0', required : get_option('gdk-pixbuf'))
 
 if gdkpixbuf_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gtk/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gtk/meson.build
index 04b161c165..2afe1854a6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gtk/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/gtk/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,30 @@ gtk_sources = [
   'gtkgstwidget.c',
 ]
 
+gtk_headers = [
+  'gtkgstglwidget.h',
+  'gstgtksink.h',
+  'gtkgstbasewidget.h',
+  'gtkgstwidget.h',
+  'gstgtkglsink.h',
+  'gstgtkutils.h',
+  'gstgtkbasesink.h',
+]
+
+glwindowing_sources = [
+  'gstgtkglsink.c',
+  'gtkgstglwidget.c',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gtk_sources + glwindowing_sources + gtk_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'gtk': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 gtk_defines = []
 optional_deps = []
 
@@ -44,10 +68,7 @@ if gtk_dep.found()
     endif
 
     if have_gtk3_gl_windowing
-      gtk_sources += [
-        'gstgtkglsink.c',
-        'gtkgstglwidget.c',
-      ]
+      gtk_sources += glwindowing_sources
       optional_deps += [gstgl_dep, gstglproto_dep]
       gtk_defines += ['-DGST_USE_UNSTABLE_API', '-DHAVE_GTK3_GL']
     endif
@@ -64,4 +85,3 @@ if gtk_dep.found()
   )
   plugins += [gstgtk]
 endif
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jack/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jack/meson.build
index f5780e266b..3fc7e433a0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jack/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jack/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ jack_sources = [
   'gstjackloader.c',
 ]
 
+jack_headers = [
+  'gstjackringbuffer.h',
+  'gstjack.h',
+  'gstjackloader.h',
+  'gstjackaudiosrc.h',
+  'gstjackaudioclient.h',
+  'gstjackutil.h',
+  'gstjackaudiosink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: jack_sources + jack_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'jack': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 jack_option = get_option('jack')
 if jack_option.disabled()
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/meson.build
index 65823892ef..f7dd09aebb 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/jpeg/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ jpeg_sources = [
   'gstjpegdec.c',
 ]
 
+jpeg_headers = [
+  'smokecodec.h',
+  'gstjpegelements.h',
+  'gstjpegenc.h',
+  'gstjpegdec.h',
+  'gstjpeg.h',
+  'gstsmokedec.h',
+  'smokeformat.h',
+  'gstsmokeenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: jpeg_sources + jpeg_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'jpeg': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 jpeglib = dependency('libjpeg', required : get_option('jpeg'),
   fallback: ['libjpeg-turbo', 'jpeg_dep'])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/lame/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/lame/meson.build
index 60fa2c9108..f95361bd18 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/lame/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/lame/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,21 @@
+lame_sources = [
+  'gstlamemp3enc.c',
+  'plugin.c',
+]
+
+lame_headers = [
+  'gstlamemp3enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: lame_sources + lame_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'lame': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 lame_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 lame_option = get_option('lame')
 
@@ -27,7 +45,7 @@ if not have_lame
 endif
 
 lame = library('gstlame',
-  ['gstlamemp3enc.c', 'plugin.c'],
+  lame_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args + lame_extra_c_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, lame_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libcaca/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libcaca/meson.build
index 28fc4f4783..6751c9e229 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libcaca/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libcaca/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,27 @@
 libcaca_dep = dependency('caca', required : get_option('libcaca'))
 
+cacasink_sources = [
+  'gstcacaplugin.c',
+  'gstcacasink.c',
+  'gstcacatv.c',
+]
+
+cacasink_headers = [
+  'gstcacatv.h',
+  'gstcacasink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: cacasink_sources + cacasink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'cacasink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if libcaca_dep.found()
-  caca = library('gstcacasink', ['gstcacaplugin.c', 'gstcacasink.c','gstcacatv.c'],
+  caca = library('gstcacasink', cacasink_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libpng/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libpng/meson.build
index 7e2023cbde..865d802aa3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libpng/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/libpng/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,21 @@ png_sources = [
   'gstpngdec.c',
 ]
 
+png_headers = [
+  'gstpngenc.h',
+  'gstpng.h',
+  'gstpngdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: png_sources + png_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'png': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libpng_dep = dependency('libpng', version : '>=1.2', required : get_option('png'))
 
 if libpng_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/mpg123/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/mpg123/meson.build
index 62a2ac09a7..538112e80a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/mpg123/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/mpg123/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 mpg123_dep = dependency('libmpg123', version : '>= 1.3', required : get_option('mpg123'))
 
+mpg123_sources = [
+  'gstmpg123audiodec.c'
+]
+
+mpg123_headers = [
+  'gstmpg123audiodec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mpg123_sources + mpg123_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpg123': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if mpg123_dep.found()
   gstmpg123 = library('gstmpg123',
-    'gstmpg123audiodec.c',
+    mpg123_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, mpg123_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/pulse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/pulse/meson.build
index 6eec06b6b9..feb3aac94d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/pulse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/pulse/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ pulse_sources = [
   'pulseutil.c',
 ]
 
+pulse_headers = [
+  'pulsesink.h',
+  'pulseutil.h',
+  'pulsedeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstpulseelements.h',
+  'pulsesrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: pulse_sources + pulse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'pulseaudio': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 libpulse_dep = dependency('libpulse', version : '>=2.0', required : get_option('pulse'))
 
 if libpulse_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt/meson.build
index cc40b36a7b..9fcef20bef 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sources = [
+qmlgl_sources = [
   'gstplugin.cc',
   'gstqtelement.cc',
   'gstqsgmaterial.cc',
@@ -11,12 +11,34 @@ sources = [
   'qtwindow.cc',
 ]
 
+qmlgl_headers = [
+  'qtitem.h',
+  'gstqtoverlay.h',
+  'gstqtsink.h',
+  'gstqsgmaterial.h',
+  'gstqtelements.h',
+  'gstqtsrc.h',
+  'qtglrenderer.h',
+  'gstqtgl.h',
+  'qtwindow.h',
+  'gstqtglutility.h',
+]
+
 moc_headers = [
   'qtitem.h',
   'qtwindow.h',
   'qtglrenderer.h',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: qmlgl_sources + qmlgl_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'qmlgl': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 # Define a not-found dependency so this variable is always defined when we're
 # deciding whether to build the qt5 examples
 qt5qml_dep = dependency('', required: false)
@@ -196,7 +218,8 @@ if qt5_option.require(have_qt_windowing, error_message: 'No windowing, enable on
 
   # Build it!
   moc_files = qt5_mod.preprocess(moc_headers : moc_headers, method: qt5_method)
-  gstqmlgl = library('gstqmlgl', sources, moc_files,
+
+  gstqmlgl = library('gstqmlgl', qmlgl_sources, moc_files,
     cpp_args : gst_plugins_good_args + qt_defines,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt6/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt6/meson.build
index d98ab1861b..19dc84182e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt6/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/qt6/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-sources = [
+qt6_sources = [
   'gstplugin.cc',
   'gstqt6element.cc',
   'gstqsg6material.cc',
@@ -12,6 +12,20 @@ sources = [
   'qt6glrenderer.cc',
 ]
 
+qt6_headers = [
+  'gstqml6glsink.h',
+  'gstqt6elements.h',
+  'qt6glrenderer.h',
+  'gstqt6glutility.h',
+  'qt6glitem.h',
+  'gstqt6gl.h',
+  'gstqsg6material.h',
+  'qt6glwindow.h',
+  'gstqml6glsrc.h',
+  'gstqml6glmixer.h',
+  'gstqml6gloverlay.h',
+]
+
 moc_headers = [
   'qt6glitem.h',
   'qt6glwindow.h',
@@ -25,6 +39,15 @@ shader_sources = [
   { 'glsl': 'YUV_TRIPLANAR.frag' },
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: qt6_sources + qt6_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'qml6': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 qt6qml_dep = dependency('', required: false)
 qt6_option = get_option('qt6')
 qt6_egl = get_option('qt-egl')
@@ -200,7 +223,7 @@ if qt6_option.require(have_qt_windowing, error_message: 'No windowing, enable on
   resource_file = configure_file(input: 'resources.qrc', output: 'resources.qrc', copy: true)
   qresources = qt6_mod.compile_resources(sources: resource_file, method: qt6_method)
 
-  gstqml6gl = library('gstqml6', sources, moc_files, qresources,
+  gstqml6gl = library('gstqml6', qt6_sources, moc_files, qresources,
     cpp_args : gst_plugins_good_args + qt_defines,
     link_args : noseh_link_args,
     include_directories: [configinc, libsinc],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/raw1394/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/raw1394/meson.build
index 5baae052f0..3d78b196e0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/raw1394/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/raw1394/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,30 @@ raw1394_dep = dependency('libraw1394', version: '>= 2.0.0', required: get_option
 avc1394_dep = dependency('libavc1394', version: '>= 0.5.4', required: get_option('dv1394'))
 iec61883_dep = dependency('libiec61883', version: '>= 1.0.0', required: get_option('dv1394'))
 
+gst1394_sources = [
+  'gst1394.c',
+  'gst1394probe.c',
+  'gstdv1394src.c',
+  'gsthdv1394src.c',
+  'gst1394clock.c',
+]
+
+gst1394_headers = [
+  'gsthdv1394src.h',
+  'gst1394clock.h',
+  'gstdv1394src.h',
+  'gst1394probe.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gst1394_sources + gst1394_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  '1394': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_1394 = false
 if raw1394_dep.found() and iec61883_dep.found() and avc1394_dep.found()
   if cc.has_function('avc1394_send_command', dependencies: avc1394_dep)
@@ -12,11 +36,13 @@ if raw1394_dep.found() and iec61883_dep.found() and avc1394_dep.found()
 endif
 
 if have_1394
-  plugins += [library('gst1394',
-    'gst1394.c', 'gst1394probe.c', 'gstdv1394src.c', 'gsthdv1394src.c', 'gst1394clock.c',
+  gst1394 = library('gst1394',
+    gst1394_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args + ['-DHAVE_LIBIEC61883'],
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gstbase_dep, raw1394_dep, avc1394_dep, iec61883_dep],
     install : true,
-    install_dir : plugins_install_dir)]
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir)
+
+  plugins += [gst1394]
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/shout2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/shout2/meson.build
index 2eccdc97f2..705449a1b0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/shout2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/shout2/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,18 @@
 shout2_sources = ['gstshout2.c']
 
+shout2_headers = [
+  'gstshout2.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: shout2_sources + shout2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'shout2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 shout2_dep = dependency('shout', version : '>= 2.4.3', required : get_option('shout2'))
 
 if shout2_dep.found()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/soup/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/soup/meson.build
index 67966ae8d7..a61ee9c30f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/soup/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/soup/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,23 @@ soup_sources = [
   'gstsouputils.c',
 ]
 
+soup_headers = [
+  'gstsoupelements.h',
+  'gstsouphttpclientsink.h',
+  'gstsouphttpsrc.h',
+  'gstsouploader.h',
+  'gstsouputils.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: soup_sources + soup_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'soup': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 soup_opt = get_option('soup')
 soup_ver_opt = get_option('soup-version')
 if soup_opt.disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/speex/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/speex/meson.build
index 07735fe212..90ef78632a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/speex/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/speex/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,21 @@ speex_sources = [
   'gstspeexenc.c',
 ]
 
+speex_headers = [
+  'gstspeexenc.h',
+  'gstspeexdec.h',
+  'gstspeexelements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: speex_sources + speex_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'speex': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 speex_dep = dependency('speex', version : '>=1.1.6', required : get_option('speex'))
 windows_args = []
 if host_system == 'windows'
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/taglib/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/taglib/meson.build
index cbfcb37992..dcb72d4d44 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/taglib/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/taglib/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+taglib_dep = dependency('taglib', version : '>= 1.5', required : get_option('taglib'))
+
 taglib_sources = [
   'gstapev2mux.cc',
   'gstid3v2mux.cc',
@@ -5,7 +7,20 @@ taglib_sources = [
   'gsttaglibplugin.c',
 ]
 
-taglib_dep = dependency('taglib', version : '>= 1.5', required : get_option('taglib'))
+taglib_headers = [
+  'gsttaglibelements.h',
+  'gstapev2mux.h',
+  'gstid3v2mux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: taglib_sources + taglib_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'taglib': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
 
 if taglib_dep.found() and add_languages('cpp', native: false, required: get_option('taglib'))
   extra_args = []
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/twolame/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/twolame/meson.build
index 07c96fef01..27f285faa4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/twolame/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/twolame/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,25 @@
 twolame_dep = dependency('twolame', version : '>= 0.3.10', required : get_option('twolame'))
 
+twolame_sources = [
+  'gsttwolamemp2enc.c',
+]
+
+twolame_headers = [
+  'gsttwolamemp2enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: twolame_sources + twolame_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'twolame': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if twolame_dep.found()
   twolame = library('gsttwolame',
-    ['gsttwolamemp2enc.c'],
+    twolame_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, twolame_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/vpx/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/vpx/meson.build
index 9b8b34c67e..c02a6e26af 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/vpx/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/vpx/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,28 @@ vpx_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+vpx_headers = [
+  'gstvp9enc.h',
+  'gstvpxelements.h',
+  'gstvpxdec.h',
+  'gstvp8utils.h',
+  'gstvp9dec.h',
+  'gstvp8dec.h',
+  'gstvpxenums.h',
+  'gstvpxenc.h',
+  'gstvpxcompat.h',
+  'gstvp8enc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vpx_sources + vpx_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'vpx': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 vpx_features = [
   [ 'vpx/vp8cx.h', 'vpx_codec_vp8_cx_algo', '-DHAVE_VP8_ENCODER', 'VP8 encoder' ],
   [ 'vpx/vp8dx.h', 'vpx_codec_vp8_dx_algo', '-DHAVE_VP8_DECODER', 'VP8 decoder' ],
@@ -31,7 +53,7 @@ if vpx_dep.found()
                      const vpx_codec_iface_t *c = &@1@;
                      return c != 0;
                    }'''.format(header,codec_iface)
-    # Link-time checks are only compatible with externally supplied libraries 
+    # Link-time checks are only compatible with externally supplied libraries
     if vpx_dep.type_name() == 'internal'
       vpx_codec = vpx_dep.get_variable(f.get(3).split(' ')[0].to_lower())
       vpx_feature = vpx_dep.get_variable(f.get(3).to_lower().underscorify())
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/wavpack/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/wavpack/meson.build
index 4735e90274..35977ab483 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/wavpack/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/ext/wavpack/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+wavpack_dep = dependency('wavpack', version : '>= 4.60.0', required : get_option('wavpack'))
 wavpack_sources = [
   'gstwavpackelement.c',
   'gstwavpack.c',
@@ -7,7 +8,23 @@ wavpack_sources = [
   'gstwavpackstreamreader.c',
 ]
 
-wavpack_dep = dependency('wavpack', version : '>= 4.60.0', required : get_option('wavpack'))
+wavpack_headers = [
+  'gstwavpackcommon.h',
+  'gstwavpackenc.h',
+  'gstwavpackelements.h',
+  'gstwavpackdec.h',
+  'gstwavpackstreamreader.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wavpack_sources + wavpack_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wavpack': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 
 if wavpack_dep.found()
   gstwavpack = library('gstwavpack',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/alpha/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/alpha/meson.build
index 198462233c..62752c611b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/alpha/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/alpha/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,43 @@
-gstalpha = library('gstalpha', 'gstalpha.c',
+alpha_sources = [
+  'gstalpha.c',
+]
+
+alpha_headers = [
+  'gstalpha.h',
+]
+
+alphacolor_sources = [
+  'gstalphacolor.c',
+]
+
+alphacolor_headers = [
+  'gstalphacolor.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: alphacolor_sources + alphacolor_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'alphacolor': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: alpha_sources + alpha_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'alpha': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('alpha').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstalpha = library('gstalpha',
+  alpha_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gst_dep, libm],
@@ -7,7 +46,8 @@ gstalpha = library('gstalpha', 'gstalpha.c',
 )
 plugins += [gstalpha]
 
-gstalphacolor = library('gstalphacolor', 'gstalphacolor.c',
+gstalphacolor = library('gstalphacolor',
+  alphacolor_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gst_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/apetag/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/apetag/meson.build
index 7c43e2ee81..78508555e7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/apetag/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/apetag/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-gstapetag = library('gstapetag', 'gstapedemux.c',
+apetag_sources = [
+  'gstapedemux.c',
+]
+
+apetag_headers = [
+  'gstapedemux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: apetag_sources + apetag_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'apetag': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('apetag').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstapetag = library('gstapetag', apetag_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gstpbutils_dep, gsttag_dep, gst_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audiofx/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audiofx/meson.build
index e1502f1f56..d82596be48 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audiofx/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audiofx/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,39 @@ audiofx_sources = [
   'gststereo.c'
 ]
 
+audiofx_headers = [
+  'math_compat.h',
+  'audiofxbaseiirfilter.h',
+  'audioamplify.h',
+  'audiowsincband.h',
+  'audioecho.h',
+  'audiokaraoke.h',
+  'audioiirfilter.h',
+  'audiochebband.h',
+  'gstscaletempo.h',
+  'audioinvert.h',
+  'gststereo.h',
+  'audiodynamic.h',
+  'audiopanorama.h',
+  'audiowsinclimit.h',
+  'audiofirfilter.h',
+  'audiofxbasefirfilter.h',
+  'audiocheblimit.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audiofx_sources + audiofx_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audiofx': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audiofx').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'audiopanoramaorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audioparsers/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audioparsers/meson.build
index 1e8f251961..70275cc45d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audioparsers/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/audioparsers/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-audioparsers_src = [
+audioparsers_sources = [
   'gstaacparse.c',
   'gstamrparse.c',
   'gstac3parse.c',
@@ -10,8 +10,33 @@ audioparsers_src = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+audioparsers_headers = [
+  'gstamrparse.h',
+  'gstaacparse.h',
+  'gstdcaparse.h',
+  'gstsbcparse.h',
+  'gstmpegaudioparse.h',
+  'gstac3parse.h',
+  'gstwavpackparse.h',
+  'gstflacparse.h',
+  'gstaudioparserselements.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: audioparsers_sources + audioparsers_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'audioparsers': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('audioparsers').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstaudioparsers = library('gstaudioparsers',
-  audioparsers_src,
+  audioparsers_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gstpbutils_dep,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/auparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/auparse/meson.build
index 230a8d4868..f99934494b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/auparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/auparse/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstauparse = library('gstauparse',
+auparse_sources = [
   'gstauparse.c',
+]
+
+auparse_headers = [
+  'gstauparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: auparse_sources + auparse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'auparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('auparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstauparse = library('gstauparse',
+  auparse_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gstbase_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/autodetect/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/autodetect/meson.build
index 77eb6c83b0..25878e8f18 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/autodetect/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/autodetect/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ autodetect_sources = [
   'gstautovideosrc.c',
 ]
 
+autodetect_headers = [
+  'gstautodetectelements.h',
+  'gstautoaudiosink.h',
+  'gstautoaudiosrc.h',
+  'gstautovideosrc.h',
+  'gstautodetect.h',
+  'gstautovideosink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: autodetect_sources + autodetect_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'autodetect': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('autodetect').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstautodetect = library('gstautodetect',
   autodetect_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/avi/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/avi/meson.build
index 0f75192e88..a3a4af1b4d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/avi/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/avi/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ avi_sources = [
   'gstavisubtitle.c'
 ]
 
+avi_headers = [
+  'gstavielements.h',
+  'avi-ids.h',
+  'gstavidemux.h',
+  'gstavisubtitle.h',
+  'gstavimux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: avi_sources + avi_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'avi': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('avi').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstavi = library('gstavi',
   avi_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/cutter/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/cutter/meson.build
index 23cd4cb25f..9f50b42453 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/cutter/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/cutter/meson.build
@@ -1,4 +1,25 @@
-gstcutter = library('gstcutter', 'gstcutter.c',
+cutter_sources = [
+  'gstcutter.c',
+]
+
+cutter_headers = [
+  'gstcutter.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: cutter_sources + cutter_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'cutter': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('cutter').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstcutter = library('gstcutter', cutter_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, libm],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/debugutils/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/debugutils/meson.build
index 4964a28be7..5a159daae7 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/debugutils/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/debugutils/meson.build
@@ -1,14 +1,21 @@
-gstnavigationtest = library('gstnavigationtest',
+navigationtest_sources = [
   'gstnavigationtest.c',
-  c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
-  include_directories : [configinc],
-  dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep, libm],
-  install : true,
-  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
-)
-plugins += [gstnavigationtest]
+]
 
-gstdebug = library('gstdebug',
+navigationtest_headers = [
+  'gstnavigationtest.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: navigationtest_sources + navigationtest_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'navigationtest': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+debug_sources = [
   'gstdebug.c',
   'breakmydata.c',
   'gstcapssetter.c',
@@ -20,6 +27,44 @@ gstdebug = library('gstdebug',
   'tests.c',
   'cpureport.c',
   'testplugin.c',
+]
+
+debug_headers = [
+  'cpureport.h',
+  'gstcapsdebug.h',
+  'gstcapssetter.h',
+  'gstdebugutilselements.h',
+  'gstnavseek.h',
+  'gstpushfilesrc.h',
+  'gsttaginject.h',
+  'progressreport.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: debug_sources + debug_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'debug': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('debugutils').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstnavigationtest = library('gstnavigationtest',
+  navigationtest_sources,
+  c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
+  include_directories : [configinc],
+  dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep, libm],
+  install : true,
+  install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
+)
+plugins += [gstnavigationtest]
+
+gstdebug = library('gstdebug',
+  debug_sources,
   c_args: gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/deinterlace/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/deinterlace/meson.build
index c85a58f618..e58245b041 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/deinterlace/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/deinterlace/meson.build
@@ -14,6 +14,26 @@ interlace_sources = [
   'yadif.c'
 ]
 
+interlace_headers = [
+  'tvtime-dist.h',
+  'gstdeinterlacemethod.h',
+  'yadif.h',
+  'gstdeinterlace.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: interlace_sources + interlace_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'deinterlace': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('deinterlace').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'tvtime'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
@@ -97,4 +117,3 @@ gstdeinterlace = library('gstdeinterlace',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstdeinterlace]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/dtmf/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/dtmf/meson.build
index f9f63d5d92..83d40627a0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/dtmf/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/dtmf/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ dtmf_sources = [
   'gstdtmf.c'
 ]
 
+dtmf_headers = [
+  'gstdtmfsrc.h',
+  'gstrtpdtmfdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpdtmfsrc.h',
+  'gstdtmfcommon.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dtmf_sources + dtmf_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dtmf': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dtmf').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdtmf = library('gstdtmf',
   dtmf_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
@@ -14,4 +34,3 @@ gstdtmf = library('gstdtmf',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstdtmf]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/effectv/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/effectv/meson.build
index 852d968ec0..164e20604f 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/effectv/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/effectv/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,35 @@ effect_sources = [
   'gstradioac.c', 'gststreak.c', 'gstripple.c'
 ]
 
+effect_headers = [
+  'gstop.h',
+  'gstdice.h',
+  'gstrev.h',
+  'gstwarp.h',
+  'gstaging.h',
+  'gstquark.h',
+  'gsteffectv.h',
+  'gstshagadelic.h',
+  'gstripple.h',
+  'gstradioac.h',
+  'gstedge.h',
+  'gststreak.h',
+  'gstvertigo.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: effect_sources + effect_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'effectv': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('effectv').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gsteffectv = library('gsteffectv',
   effect_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/equalizer/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/equalizer/meson.build
index a1bd40f18c..fa82cffcff 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/equalizer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/equalizer/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ eq_sources = [
   'gstiirequalizerplugin.c',
 ]
 
+eq_headers = [
+  'gstiirequalizernbands.h',
+  'gstiirequalizer3bands.h',
+  'gstiirequalizer.h',
+  'gstiirequalizer10bands.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: eq_sources + eq_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'equalizer': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('equalizer').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstequalizer = library('gstequalizer',
   eq_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flv/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flv/meson.build
index cf21dd1888..431e4d71dd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flv/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flv/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,33 @@
+flv_sources = [
+  'gstflvdemux.c',
+  'gstflvmux.c',
+  'gstflvplugin.c',
+  'gstflvelement.c',
+]
+
+flv_headers = [
+  'gstflvelements.h',
+  'gstindex.h',
+  'gstflvmux.h',
+  'amfdefs.h',
+  'gstflvdemux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: flv_sources + flv_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'flv': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('flv').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstflv = library('gstflv',
-  'gstflvdemux.c', 'gstflvmux.c', 'gstflvplugin.c','gstflvelement.c',
+  flv_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gstpbutils_dep, gstvideo_dep, gsttag_dep, gstaudio_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flx/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flx/meson.build
index c766eba291..5bc4e8be87 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flx/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/flx/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,29 @@
+flxdec_sources = [
+  'gstflxdec.c',
+  'flx_color.c',
+]
+
+flxdec_headers = [
+  'gstflxdec.h',
+  'flx_color.h',
+  'flx_fmt.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: flxdec_sources + flxdec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'flxdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('flx').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 flxdec = library('gstflxdec',
-  'gstflxdec.c', 'flx_color.c',
+  flxdec_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep, gst_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom/meson.build
index a6fee06fb7..0496d9791e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom/meson.build
@@ -18,6 +18,46 @@ goom_sources = [
   'graphic.c',
 ]
 
+goom_headers = [
+  'surf3d.h',
+  'gstgoom.h',
+  'goom.h',
+  'ppc_drawings.h',
+  'lines.h',
+  'ifs.h',
+  'sound_tester.h',
+  'v3d.h',
+  'motif_goom1.h',
+  'drawmethods.h',
+  'ppc_zoom_ultimate.h',
+  'goom_typedefs.h',
+  'goom_plugin_info.h',
+  'mmx.h',
+  'goom_tools.h',
+  'mathtools.h',
+  'goom_config_param.h',
+  'xmmx.h',
+  'motif_goom2.h',
+  'tentacle3d.h',
+  'goom_graphic.h',
+  'goom_config.h',
+  'goom_visual_fx.h',
+  'goom_fx.h',
+  'goom_filters.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: goom_sources + goom_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'goom': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('goom').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
 
 gstgoom = library('gstgoom',
   goom_sources,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom2k1/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom2k1/meson.build
index 1512d59c2f..1d8d378d1e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom2k1/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/goom2k1/meson.build
@@ -29,6 +29,28 @@ goom2k1_sources = [
   'lines.c'
 ]
 
+goom2k1_headers = [
+  'gstgoom.h',
+  'lines.h',
+  'goom_tools.h',
+  'filters.h',
+  'goom_core.h',
+  'graphic.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: goom2k1_sources + goom2k1_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'goom2k1': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('goom2k1').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstgoom2k1 = library('gstgoom2k1',
   goom2k1_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args + goom2k1_args + filter_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/icydemux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/icydemux/meson.build
index effc8ce88c..22b4fa7f00 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/icydemux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/icydemux/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gsticydemux = library('gsticydemux',
+icydemux_sources = [
   'gsticydemux.c',
+]
+
+icydemux_headers = [
+  'gsticydemux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: icydemux_sources + icydemux_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'icydemux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('icydemux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gsticydemux = library('gsticydemux',
+  icydemux_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gsttag_dep, zlib_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/id3demux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/id3demux/meson.build
index 6d43d78149..d6627a587e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/id3demux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/id3demux/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstid3demux = library('gstid3demux',
+id3demux_sources = [
   'gstid3demux.c',
+]
+
+id3demux_headers = [
+  'gstid3demux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: id3demux_sources + id3demux_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'id3demux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('id3demux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstid3demux = library('gstid3demux',
+  id3demux_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gsttag_dep, gstpbutils_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/imagefreeze/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/imagefreeze/meson.build
index 01718a4e38..7c9c83f8fd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/imagefreeze/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/imagefreeze/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstimagefreeze = library('gstimagefreeze',
+imagefreeze_sources = [
   'gstimagefreeze.c',
+]
+
+imagefreeze_headers = [
+  'gstimagefreeze.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: imagefreeze_sources + imagefreeze_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'imagefreeze': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('imagefreeze').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstimagefreeze = library('gstimagefreeze',
+  imagefreeze_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/interleave/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/interleave/meson.build
index d0930ea6a4..fd38e1eea1 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/interleave/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/interleave/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
+interleave_sources = [
+  'plugin.c',
+  'interleave.c',
+  'deinterleave.c',
+]
+
+interleave_headers = [
+  'deinterleave.h',
+  'gstinterleaveelements.h',
+  'interleave.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: interleave_sources + interleave_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'interleave': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('interleave').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstinterleave = library('gstinterleave',
-  'plugin.c', 'interleave.c', 'deinterleave.c',
+  interleave_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/meson.build
index 19137be4e3..110fc482b4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/isomp4/meson.build
@@ -19,6 +19,44 @@ mp4_sources = [
   'gstqtmuxmap.c'
 ]
 
+mp4_headers = [
+  'qtdemux.h',
+  'gstqtmux.h',
+  'gstisoff.h',
+  'qtdemux_dump.h',
+  'qtdemux_lang.h',
+  'qtpalette.h',
+  'gstisomp4elements.h',
+  'gstrtpxqtdepay.h',
+  'gstqtmoovrecover.h',
+  'qtdemux_types.h',
+  'properties.h',
+  'qtdemux_debug.h',
+  'qtdemux_tags.h',
+  'gstqtmux-doc.h',
+  'qtdemux-webvtt.h',
+  'atoms.h',
+  'descriptors.h',
+  'gstqtmuxmap.h',
+  'fourcc.h',
+  'atomsrecovery.h',
+  'qtdemux_tree.h',
+  'qtatomparser.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mp4_sources + mp4_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'isomp4': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('isomp4').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstisomp4 = library('gstisomp4',
   mp4_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/law/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/law/meson.build
index 55a556b49d..90e2a6f47a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/law/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/law/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,51 @@
+alaw_sources = [
+  'alaw-encode.c',
+  'alaw-decode.c',
+  'alaw.c',
+]
+
+alaw_headers = [
+  'alaw-decode.h',
+  'alaw-encode.h',
+]
+
+mulaw_sources = [
+  'mulaw-encode.c',
+  'mulaw-conversion.c',
+  'mulaw-decode.c',
+  'mulaw.c',
+]
+
+mulaw_headers = [
+  'mulaw-conversion.h',
+  'mulaw-decode.h',
+  'mulaw-encode.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: alaw_sources + alaw_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'alaw': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mulaw_sources + mulaw_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mulaw': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('law').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstalaw = library('gstalaw',
-  'alaw-encode.c', 'alaw-decode.c', 'alaw.c',
+  alaw_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep],
@@ -9,7 +55,7 @@ gstalaw = library('gstalaw',
 plugins += [gstalaw]
 
 gstmulaw = library('gstmulaw',
-  'mulaw-encode.c', 'mulaw-conversion.c', 'mulaw-decode.c', 'mulaw.c',
+  mulaw_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/level/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/level/meson.build
index 88419d3d73..6db83c081e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/level/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/level/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstlevel = library('gstlevel',
+level_sources = [
   'gstlevel.c',
+]
+
+level_headers = [
+  'gstlevel.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: level_sources + level_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'level': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('level').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstlevel = library('gstlevel',
+  level_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, libm],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/matroska/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/matroska/meson.build
index ab2b6c6261..3dc9292f40 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/matroska/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/matroska/meson.build
@@ -12,6 +12,33 @@ matroska_sources = [
   'lzo.c',
 ]
 
+matroska_headers = [
+  'ebml-ids.h',
+  'ebml-read.h',
+  'webm-mux.h',
+  'matroska-demux.h',
+  'ebml-write.h',
+  'matroska-ids.h',
+  'matroska-parse.h',
+  'gstmatroskaelements.h',
+  'matroska-read-common.h',
+  'matroska-mux.h',
+  'lzo.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: matroska_sources + matroska_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'matroska': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('matroska').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 bz2_dep = cc.find_library('bz2', required : get_option('bz2'))
 cdata.set('HAVE_BZ2', bz2_dep.found() and cc.has_header('bzlib.h'))
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/meson.build
index 4dfe3b7857..1a2902540c 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/meson.build
@@ -7,7 +7,5 @@ foreach plugin : ['alpha', 'apetag', 'audiofx', 'audioparsers', 'auparse',
                   'rtpmanager', 'rtsp', 'shapewipe', 'smpte', 'spectrum',
                   'udp', 'videobox', 'videocrop', 'videofilter', 'videomixer',
                   'wavenc', 'wavparse', 'xingmux', 'y4m']
-  if not get_option(plugin).disabled()
-    subdir(plugin)
-  endif
+  subdir(plugin)
 endforeach
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/monoscope/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/monoscope/meson.build
index 9a0b21b515..a3c2856469 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/monoscope/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/monoscope/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,30 @@
-gstmonoscope = library('gstmonoscope',
+monoscope_sources = [
   'gstmonoscope.c',
   'monoscope.c',
   'convolve.c',
+]
+
+monoscope_headers = [
+  'gstmonoscope.h',
+  'convolve.h',
+  'monoscope.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: monoscope_sources + monoscope_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'monoscope': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('monoscope').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstmonoscope = library('gstmonoscope',
+  monoscope_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, gstvideo_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multifile/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multifile/meson.build
index ad0559bc65..3c8ed25fc0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multifile/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multifile/meson.build
@@ -11,8 +11,33 @@ multifile_sources = [
   'gstimagesequencesrc.c',
 ]
 
+multifile_headers = [
+  'gstimagesequencesrc.h',
+  'gstmultifilesink.h',
+  'gstmultifilesrc.h',
+  'gstsplitfilesrc.h',
+  'gstsplitmuxpartreader.h',
+  'gstsplitmuxsink.h',
+  'gstsplitmuxsrc.h',
+  'gstsplitutils.h',
+  'patternspec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: multifile_sources + multifile_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'multifile': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('multifile').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstmultifile = library('gstmultifile',
-  multifile_sources,
+  multifile_sources + multifile_headers,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, gstbase_dep,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multipart/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multipart/meson.build
index b3e647a57c..91e6cfde3b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multipart/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/multipart/meson.build
@@ -1,7 +1,29 @@
-gstmultipart = library('gstmultipart',
+multipart_sources = [
   'multipart.c',
   'multipartdemux.c',
   'multipartmux.c',
+]
+
+multipart_headers = [
+  'multipartmux.h',
+  'multipartdemux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: multipart_sources + multipart_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'multipart': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('multipart').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstmultipart = library('gstmultipart',
+  multipart_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/replaygain/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/replaygain/meson.build
index 9ca2255d16..bfa28a5574 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/replaygain/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/replaygain/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,27 @@ replaygain_sources = [
   'rganalysis.c',
 ]
 
+replaygain_headers = [
+  'replaygain.h',
+  'gstrglimiter.h',
+  'rganalysis.h',
+  'gstrgvolume.h',
+  'gstrganalysis.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: replaygain_sources + replaygain_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'replaygain': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('replaygain').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstreplaygain = library('gstreplaygain',
   replaygain_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
@@ -15,4 +36,3 @@ gstreplaygain = library('gstreplaygain',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gstreplaygain]
-
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtp/meson.build
index 000b91d7ef..84cb42d77a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtp/meson.build
@@ -110,12 +110,138 @@ rtp_sources = [
   'gstrtpisacpay.c',
 ]
 
+rtp_headers = [
+  'gstrtpgsmdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpklvpay.h',
+  'gstrtpac3pay.h',
+  'gstrtpg726depay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp4vpay.h',
+  'gstrtpgstpay.h',
+  'gstrtpj2kcommon.h',
+  'gstrtppcmadepay.h',
+  'gstrtph263pay.h',
+  'gstrtpg729depay.h',
+  'gstrtpbvpay.h',
+  'gstrtpreddec.h',
+  'gstrtpldacpay.h',
+  'gstrtph263depay.h',
+  'gstrtpulpfecdec.h',
+  'gstrtpg726pay.h',
+  'gstrtph264pay.h',
+  'rtpulpfeccommon.h',
+  'gstrtpdvdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpL24pay.h',
+  'gstrtpceltpay.h',
+  'gstrtpvp9depay.h',
+  'gstrtpamrdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpjpegdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpulpfecenc.h',
+  'gstrtpmpvdepay.h',
+  'gstrtppcmapay.h',
+  'gstrtpmpadepay.h',
+  'gstrtpspeexpay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp2tdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpqcelpdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpdvpay.h',
+  'gstrtpilbcdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpsbcdepay.h',
+  'rtpredcommon.h',
+  'gstrtpvp9pay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp4gdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpL8depay.h',
+  'gstrtph265pay.h',
+  'gstrtpvp8pay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp2tpay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp4gpay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp1sdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpvrawdepay.h',
+  'gstrtptheoradepay.h',
+  'gstrtppcmupay.h',
+  'gstrtpsbcpay.h',
+  'gstrtpstreampay.h',
+  'gstrtpredenc.h',
+  'gstrtpj2kdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpgsmpay.h',
+  'gstbuffermemory.h',
+  'gstrtpstorage.h',
+  'gstrtpklvdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp4vdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpopusdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpac3depay.h',
+  'gstrtpgstdepay.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-colorspace.h',
+  'gstrtph265types.h',
+  'gstrtpopuspay.h',
+  'gstrtpstreamdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpj2kpay.h',
+  'gstrtpmpapay.h',
+  'dboolhuff.h',
+  'gstrtph261depay.h',
+  'gstrtpsirenpay.h',
+  'gstrtppcmudepay.h',
+  'gstrtpjpegpay.h',
+  'rtpstoragestream.h',
+  'gstrtph265depay.h',
+  'gstrtpg729pay.h',
+  'gstrtpL16pay.h',
+  'gstrtph263ppay.h',
+  'gstrtpg723pay.h',
+  'gstrtpisacdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpvorbisdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpmpvpay.h',
+  'gstrtpg722pay.h',
+  'gstrtptheorapay.h',
+  'gstrtph261pay.h',
+  'gstrtpilbcpay.h',
+  'gstrtpvorbispay.h',
+  'gstrtpmparobustdepay.h',
+  'rtpstorage.h',
+  'gstrtph263pdepay.h',
+  'gstrtputils.h',
+  'gstasteriskh263.h',
+  'gstrtpbvdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpL16depay.h',
+  'gstrtpg722depay.h',
+  'gstrtpL8pay.h',
+  'gstrtpqdmdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpL24depay.h',
+  'gstrtpg723depay.h',
+  'gstrtpchannels.h',
+  'gstrtph264depay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp4adepay.h',
+  'gstrtpsv3vdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpmp4apay.h',
+  'gstrtpelements.h',
+  'gstrtpspeexdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpceltdepay.h',
+  'gstrtpamrpay.h',
+  'gstrtpsirendepay.h',
+  'fnv1hash.h',
+  'gstrtppassthroughpay.h',
+  'gstrtpvrawpay.h',
+  'gstrtpvp8depay.h',
+  'gstrtpisacpay.h',
+]
+
 rtp_args = [
   '-Dvp8_norm=gst_rtpvp8_vp8_norm',
   '-Dvp8dx_start_decode=gst_rtpvp8_vp8dx_start_decode',
   '-Dvp8dx_bool_decoder_fill=gst_rtpvp8_vp8dx_bool_decoder_fill',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rtp_sources + rtp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rtp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrtp = library('gstrtp',
   rtp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args + rtp_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/meson.build
index 11435d902f..3a59b79d8e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtpmanager/meson.build
@@ -28,6 +28,48 @@ rtpmanager_sources = [
   'gstrtputils.c'
 ]
 
+rtpmanager_headers = [
+  'gstrtprtxreceive.h',
+  'rtpsession.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-repairedstreamid.h',
+  'gstrtprtxqueue.h',
+  'rtpsource.h',
+  'gstrtpptdemux.h',
+  'gstrtpmux.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-mid.h',
+  'rtptwcc.h',
+  'gstrtprtxsend.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-streamid.h',
+  'gstrtpst2022-1-fecenc.h',
+  'rtpjitterbuffer.h',
+  'rtpstats.h',
+  'gstrtpssrcdemux.h',
+  'gstrtpbin.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-twcc.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-clientaudiolevel.h',
+  'gstrtpfunnel.h',
+  'gstrtpjitterbuffer.h',
+  'rtptimerqueue.h',
+  'gstrtputils.h',
+  'gstrtpsession.h',
+  'gstrtphdrext-ntp.h',
+  'gstrtpst2022-1-fecdec.h',
+  'gstrtpdtmfmux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rtpmanager_sources + rtpmanager_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtpmanager': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rtpmanager').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrtpmanager = library('gstrtpmanager',
   rtpmanager_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/meson.build
index 300e85a15a..0cbdc008b4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/rtsp/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ rtsp_sources = [
   'gstrtspext.c',
 ]
 
+rtsp_headers = [
+  'gstrtpdec.h',
+  'gstrtspelements.h',
+  'gstrtspsrc.h',
+  'gstrtspext.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rtsp_sources + rtsp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtsp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rtsp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrtsp = library('gstrtsp',
   rtsp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/shapewipe/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/shapewipe/meson.build
index 6132d59956..e359ef06f9 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/shapewipe/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/shapewipe/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstshapewipe = library('gstshapewipe',
+shapewipe_sources = [
   'gstshapewipe.c',
+]
+
+shapewipe_headers = [
+  'gstshapewipe.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: shapewipe_sources + shapewipe_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'shapewipe': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('shapewipe').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstshapewipe = library('gstshapewipe',
+  shapewipe_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstvideo_dep, gio_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/smpte/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/smpte/meson.build
index 904da95e20..772647f5f6 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/smpte/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/smpte/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,26 @@ smpte_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+smpte_headers = [
+  'gstsmptealpha.h',
+  'paint.h',
+  'gstmask.h',
+  'gstsmpte.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: smpte_sources + smpte_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'smpte': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('smpte').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstsmpte = library('gstsmpte',
   smpte_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/spectrum/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/spectrum/meson.build
index df206673de..c7f5fe25bc 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/spectrum/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/spectrum/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstspectrum = library('gstspectrum',
+spectrum_sources = [
   'gstspectrum.c',
+]
+
+spectrum_headers = [
+  'gstspectrum.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: spectrum_sources + spectrum_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'spectrum': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('spectrum').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstspectrum = library('gstspectrum',
+  spectrum_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstfft_dep, gstaudio_dep, libm],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/udp/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/udp/meson.build
index c126672e40..1cde77c888 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/udp/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/udp/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ udp_sources = [
   'gstudpnetutils.c'
 ]
 
+udp_headers = [
+  'gstmultiudpsink.h',
+  'gstudpnetutils.h',
+  'gstudpelements.h',
+  'gstudpsrc.h',
+  'gstdynudpsink.h',
+  'gstudpsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: udp_sources + udp_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'udp': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('udp').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstudp = library('gstudp',
   udp_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videobox/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videobox/meson.build
index 0b3d4cfbed..c1a0c038c5 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videobox/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videobox/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,24 @@
+videobox_sources = [
+  'gstvideobox.c',
+]
+
+videobox_headers = [
+  'gstvideobox.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: videobox_sources + videobox_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videobox': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videobox').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'gstvideoboxorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
@@ -19,7 +40,7 @@ else
 endif
 
 gstvideobox = library('gstvideobox',
-  'gstvideobox.c', orc_c, orc_h,
+  videobox_sources + [orc_c, orc_h],
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [orc_dep, gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videocrop/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videocrop/meson.build
index b9df010e6b..92689eff3a 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videocrop/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videocrop/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,30 @@
+videocrop_sources = [
+  'gstvideocrop.c',
+  'gstaspectratiocrop.c',
+  'gstvideocropplugin.c',
+]
+
+videocrop_headers = [
+  'gstaspectratiocrop.h',
+  'gstvideocrop-private.h',
+  'gstvideocrop.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: videocrop_sources + videocrop_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videocrop': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videocrop').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvideocrop = library('gstvideocrop',
-  'gstvideocrop.c', 'gstaspectratiocrop.c', 'gstvideocropplugin.c',
+  videocrop_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gst_dep, gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videofilter/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videofilter/meson.build
index d7b6788bef..7ec73753a4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videofilter/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videofilter/meson.build
@@ -6,6 +6,26 @@ vfilter_sources = [
   'gstvideomedian.c',
 ]
 
+vfilter_headers = [
+  'gstvideomedian.h',
+  'gstvideoflip.h',
+  'gstvideobalance.h',
+  'gstgamma.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vfilter_sources + vfilter_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videofilter': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videofilter').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstvideofilter = library('gstvideofilter',
   vfilter_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videomixer/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videomixer/meson.build
index 09f21ba4e7..2ef68fd651 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videomixer/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/videomixer/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,25 @@ vmixer_sources = [
   'videomixer2.c',
 ]
 
+vmixer_headers = [
+  'videomixer2pad.h',
+  'blend.h',
+  'videomixer2.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: vmixer_sources + vmixer_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'videomixer': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('videomixer').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 orcsrc = 'videomixerorc'
 if have_orcc
   orc_h = custom_target(orcsrc + '.h',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavenc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavenc/meson.build
index f3c7065a05..cb0a929430 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavenc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavenc/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstwavenc = library('gstwavenc',
+wavenc_sources = [
   'gstwavenc.c',
+]
+
+wavenc_headers = [
+  'gstwavenc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wavenc_sources + wavenc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wavenc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('wavenc').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstwavenc = library('gstwavenc',
+  wavenc_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstaudio_dep, gstriff_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavparse/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavparse/meson.build
index 9899d5f9a9..e213e38a6e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavparse/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/wavparse/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gstwawparse = library('gstwavparse',
+wavparse_sources = [
   'gstwavparse.c',
+]
+
+wavparse_headers = [
+  'gstwavparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: wavparse_sources + wavparse_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'wavparse': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('wavparse').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gstwawparse = library('gstwavparse',
+  wavparse_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstpbutils_dep, gstriff_dep, gstaudio_dep,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/xingmux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/xingmux/meson.build
index ff8e9d7b1e..169aba801e 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/xingmux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/xingmux/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ xing_sources = [
   'gstxingmux.c',
 ]
 
+xing_headers = [
+  'gstxingmux.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: xing_sources + xing_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'xingmux': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('xingmux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstxingmux = library('gstxingmux',
   xing_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/y4m/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/y4m/meson.build
index 412153d2e2..472dd27644 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/y4m/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/gst/y4m/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,26 @@
-gsty4menc = library('gsty4menc',
+y4menc_sources = [
   'gsty4mencode.c',
+]
+
+y4menc_headers = [
+  'gsty4mencode.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: y4menc_sources + y4menc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'y4menc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('y4m').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+gsty4menc = library('gsty4menc',
+  y4menc_sources,
   c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gstvideo_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
index 237ed98cb2..1b49704385 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/meson.build
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ api_version = '1.0'
 
 plugins_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'gstreamer-1.0')
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 static_build = get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 
 host_system = host_machine.system()
@@ -518,6 +519,12 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
   plugins_pkgconfig_install_dir = disabler()
 endif
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 subdir('gst')
 subdir('sys')
 subdir('ext')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/directsound/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/directsound/meson.build
index c6b34f06d9..365ccae8a4 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/directsound/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/directsound/meson.build
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ directsoundsink_sources = [
   'gstdirectsoundplugin.c',
 ]
 
+directsoundsink_headers = [
+  'gstdirectsounddevice.h',
+  'gstdirectsoundsink.h',
+]
+
 directsoundsink_device_flags = [
   '-DGstDirectSoundDeviceProvider=GstDirectSoundSinkDeviceProvider',
   '-DGstDirectSoundDeviceProviderClass=GstDirectSoundSinkDeviceProviderClass',
@@ -11,6 +16,15 @@ directsoundsink_device_flags = [
   '-DGstDirectSoundDeviceClass=GstDirectSoundSinkDeviceClass',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: directsoundsink_sources + directsoundsink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'directsound': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_dsound = false
 dsound_option = get_option('directsound')
 if host_system != 'windows' or dsound_option.disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss/meson.build
index b91b5c02b2..36c1c9ee06 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,34 @@ oss_header_locations = [
   ['machine/soundcard.h', 'HAVE_OSS_INCLUDE_IN_MACHINE', 'OSS includes are in machine/'],
 ]
 
+ossaudio_sources = [
+  'gstossaudio.c',
+  'gstossaudioelement.c',
+  'gstossdeviceprovider.c',
+  'gstosshelper.c',
+  'gstosssink.c',
+  'gstosssrc.c',
+]
+
+ossaudio_headers = [
+  'gstosshelper.h',
+  'gstosssrc.h',
+  'gstosssink.h',
+  'gstossdeviceprovider.h',
+  'common.h',
+  'gstossaudioelements.h',
+  'gstossdmabuffer.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: ossaudio_sources + ossaudio_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ossaudio': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_oss = false
 oss_option = get_option('oss')
 if not oss_option.disabled()
@@ -25,11 +53,13 @@ if not oss_option.disabled()
 endif
 
 if have_oss
-  plugins += [library('gstossaudio',
-    'gstossaudio.c', 'gstossaudioelement.c', 'gstossdeviceprovider.c', 'gstosshelper.c', 'gstosssink.c', 'gstosssrc.c',
+  gstossaudio = library('gstossaudio',
+    ossaudio_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gstbase_dep],
     install : true,
-    install_dir : plugins_install_dir)]
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir)
+
+  plugins += [gstossaudio]
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss4/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss4/meson.build
index 414350d825..b25ea306ea 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss4/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/oss4/meson.build
@@ -1,3 +1,28 @@
+oss4_sources = [
+  'gstoss4audioplugin.c',
+  'oss4-audio.c',
+  'oss4-property-probe.c',
+  'oss4-sink.c',
+  'oss4-source.c',
+]
+
+oss4_headers = [
+  'oss4-property-probe.h',
+  'oss4-sink.h',
+  'oss4-audio.h',
+  'oss4-soundcard.h',
+  'oss4-source.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: oss4_sources + oss4_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'oss4': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_oss4 = false
 oss4_option = get_option('oss4')
 if not oss4_option.disabled()
@@ -17,13 +42,15 @@ endif
 if have_oss4
   message('Required headers found, building Open Sound System 4 plugin.')
 
-  plugins += [library('gstoss4',
-    'gstoss4audioplugin.c', 'oss4-audio.c', 'oss4-property-probe.c', 'oss4-sink.c', 'oss4-source.c',
+  gstoss4 = library('gstoss4',
+    oss4_sources,
     c_args : gst_plugins_good_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gstbase_dep],
     install : true,
-    install_dir : plugins_install_dir)]
+    install_dir : plugins_install_dir)
+
+  plugins += [gstoss4]
 else
   message('Not building Open Sound System 4 plugin, required headers not found.')
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/meson.build
index f86d7d262b..e19e59cda3 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxaudio/meson.build
@@ -10,6 +10,36 @@ osxaudio_sources = [
   'gstatenc.c',
 ]
 
+osxaudio_headers = [
+  'gstosxaudiosink.h',
+  'gstosxaudiodeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstatenc.h',
+  'gstosxaudiosrc.h',
+  'gstatdec.h',
+  'gstiosaudiosession.h',
+  'gstosxaudioelement.h',
+  'gstosxaudioringbuffer.h',
+  'gstosxcoreaudiocommon.h',
+  'gstosxcoreaudio.h',
+]
+
+darwin_sources = [
+  'gstosxaudiodeviceprovider.c'
+]
+
+ios_sources = [
+  'gstiosaudiosession.m'
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: osxaudio_sources + darwin_sources + ios_sources + osxaudio_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'osxaudio': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_osxaudio = false
 osxaudio_option = get_option('osxaudio')
 if osxaudio_option.disabled() or not ['darwin', 'ios'].contains(host_system)
@@ -19,10 +49,10 @@ endif
 if host_system == 'darwin'
   # TODO: https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/3940
   have_osxaudio = cc.has_header('CoreAudio/CoreAudio.h', required: osxaudio_option)
-  osxaudio_sources += ['gstosxaudiodeviceprovider.c']
+  osxaudio_sources += darwin_sources
 elif host_system == 'ios'
   have_osxaudio = cc.has_header('CoreAudio/CoreAudioTypes.h', required: osxaudio_option)
-  osxaudio_sources += ['gstiosaudiosession.m']
+  osxaudio_sources += ios_sources
 endif
 
 if have_osxaudio
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxvideo/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxvideo/meson.build
index 560c1e236b..63eb86cc76 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxvideo/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/osxvideo/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,19 @@
 osxvideo_sources = ['osxvideosink.m', 'cocoawindow.m']
 
+osxvideo_headers = [
+  'osxvideosink.h',
+  'cocoawindow.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: osxvideo_sources + osxvideo_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'osxvideo': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_osxvideo = false
 if host_system != 'darwin'
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/rpicamsrc/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/rpicamsrc/meson.build
index aa0704879e..028503f8dd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/rpicamsrc/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/rpicamsrc/meson.build
@@ -7,6 +7,25 @@ rpicamsrc_sources = [
   'RaspiCLI.c',
 ]
 
+rpicamsrc_headers = [
+  'gstrpicamsrcdeviceprovider.h',
+  'gstrpicamsrc.h',
+  'RaspiPreview.h',
+  'RaspiCapture.h',
+  'gstrpicam_types.h',
+  'RaspiCLI.h',
+  'RaspiCamControl.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rpicamsrc_sources + rpicamsrc_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rpicamsrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if host_system != 'linux' or (host_cpu != 'arm' and host_cpu != 'aarch64')
   assert(not get_option('rpicamsrc').enabled(), 'rpicamsrc was enabled by options but will not be built')
   subdir_done()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/v4l2/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/v4l2/meson.build
index 026d3920fc..61a6f054fa 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/v4l2/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/v4l2/meson.build
@@ -36,6 +36,51 @@ v4l2_sources = [
   'tunernorm.c'
 ]
 
+v4l2_headers = [
+  'tunernorm.h',
+  'gstv4l2vp8enc.h',
+  'gstv4l2colorbalance.h',
+  'gstv4l2transform.h',
+  'gstv4l2videodec.h',
+  'gstv4l2mpeg2codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2vp8codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2vp9codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2h264enc.h',
+  'gstv4l2codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2vp9enc.h',
+  'gstv4l2fwhtenc.h',
+  'gstv4l2vidorient.h',
+  'gstv4l2h263enc.h',
+  'gstv4l2deviceprovider.h',
+  'gstv4l2bufferpool.h',
+  'gstv4l2tuner.h',
+  'gstv4l2elements.h',
+  'gstv4l2radio.h',
+  'gstv4l2h265codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2sink.h',
+  'gstv4l2h265enc.h',
+  'v4l2-utils.h',
+  'gstv4l2mpeg4enc.h',
+  'tunerchannel.h',
+  'gstv4l2videoenc.h',
+  'gstv4l2h264codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2src.h',
+  'tuner.h',
+  'gstv4l2mpeg4codec.h',
+  'gstv4l2object.h',
+  'gstv4l2jpegenc.h',
+  'gstv4l2allocator.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: v4l2_sources + v4l2_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'video4linux2': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 v4l2 = get_option('v4l2')
 if v4l2.disabled()
   have_v4l2 = false
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/waveform/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/waveform/meson.build
index f94fda7a47..39ee9c343b 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/waveform/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/waveform/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,19 @@ waveformsink_sources = [
   'gstwaveformplugin.c',
 ]
 
+waveformsink_headers = [
+  'gstwaveformsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: waveformsink_sources + waveformsink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'waveform': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 have_waveform = false
 waveform_option = get_option('waveform')
 if host_system != 'windows' or waveform_option.disabled()
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/ximage/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/ximage/meson.build
index a7021f109c..964c602f61 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/ximage/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-good/sys/ximage/meson.build
@@ -1,8 +1,29 @@
 x11_dep = dependency('x11', required : get_option('ximagesrc'))
 
+x_sources = ['gstximagesrc.c', 'ximageutil.c']
+
+navigation_sources = [
+  'gst-ximage-navigation.c'
+]
+
+x_headers = [
+  'ximageutil.h',
+  'gst-ximage-navigation.h',
+  'gstximagesrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: x_sources + navigation_sources + x_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'ximagesrc': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if x11_dep.found()
   x_args = []
-  x_sources = files(['gstximagesrc.c', 'ximageutil.c'])
+
   xshm_dep = dependency('xext', required : get_option('ximagesrc-xshm'))
   # FIXME: should add a 'required' arg to cc.has_function() in Meson and use it here
   if xshm_dep.found() and cc.has_function('XShmAttach', dependencies: xshm_dep)
@@ -22,7 +43,7 @@ if x11_dep.found()
   xtst_dep = dependency('xtst', required : get_option('ximagesrc-navigation'))
   if xtst_dep.found()
     x_args += ['-DHAVE_XNAVIGATION']
-    x_sources += files(['gst-ximage-navigation.c'])
+    x_sources += navigation_sources
   endif
 
   gstximagesrc = library('gstximagesrc',
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/docs/meson.build
index 5c9bd2fb29..a8f4f804ce 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/docs/meson.build
@@ -89,24 +89,28 @@ foreach f: []
     excludes += [join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), root_rel, '..', f)]
 endforeach
 
-libs_doc = []
-plugins_doc = []
-list_plugin_res = run_command(python3, '-c',
-'''
-import sys
-import json
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
 
-with open("@0@") as f:
-        print(':'.join(json.load(f).keys()), end='')
-'''.format(plugins_cache),
-  check: true)
 cdir = meson.current_source_dir()
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--builddir', meson.current_build_dir(),
@@ -114,11 +118,12 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--sitemap', cdir / 'sitemap.txt',
     '--index', cdir / 'index.md',
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources',
-        cdir / root_rel / 'sys/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / root_rel / 'ext/*/*.[ch]',
-        cdir / root_rel / 'gst/*/*.[ch]',
     '--gst_c_source_filters', excludes,
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/a52dec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/a52dec/meson.build
index 85b8115f0c..d140524486 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/a52dec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/a52dec/meson.build
@@ -3,13 +3,30 @@ a52dec_opt = get_option('a52dec').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
   ''')
 
+a52dec_sources = [
+  'gsta52dec.c',
+]
+
+a52dec_headers = [
+  'gsta52dec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: a52dec_sources + a52dec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'a52dec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 a52_dep = cc.find_library('a52', required : get_option('a52dec'))
 if a52_dep.found()
   have_a52_h = cc.has_header_symbol('a52dec/a52.h', 'a52_init', prefix : '#include <stdint.h>')
 
   if have_a52_h
     a52dec = library('gsta52dec',
-      'gsta52dec.c',
+      a52dec_sources,
       c_args : ugly_args,
       include_directories : [configinc],
       dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, orc_dep, a52_dep],
@@ -18,6 +35,6 @@ if a52_dep.found()
     )
     plugins += [a52dec]
   elif a52dec_opt.enabled()
-    error('a52dec plugin enabled but a52.h not found')  
+    error('a52dec plugin enabled but a52.h not found')
   endif
 endif
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/cdio/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/cdio/meson.build
index 7662d2ac81..a488361dfd 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/cdio/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/cdio/meson.build
@@ -3,11 +3,31 @@ cdio_opt = get_option('cdio').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
   ''')
 
+cdio_sources = [
+  'gstcdio.c',
+  'gstcdiocddasrc.c',
+]
+
+cdio_headers = [
+  'gstcdiocddasrc.h',
+  'gstcdio.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: cdio_sources + cdio_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'cdio': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 cdio_dep = dependency('libcdio', version : '>= 0.76', required : cdio_opt)
 
 if cdio_dep.found()
+
   cdio = library('gstcdio',
-    ['gstcdio.c', 'gstcdiocddasrc.c'],
+    cdio_sources,
     c_args : ugly_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, gsttag_dep, cdio_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/dvdread/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/dvdread/meson.build
index 3b3d5bb136..59e11fd153 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/dvdread/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/dvdread/meson.build
@@ -3,11 +3,28 @@ dvdread_opt = get_option('dvdread').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
   ''')
 
+dvdread_sources = [
+  'dvdreadsrc.c',
+]
+
+dvdread_headers = [
+  'dvdreadsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dvdread_sources + dvdread_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvdread': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 dvdread_dep = dependency('dvdread', version : '>= 0.5.0', required : dvdread_opt)
 
 if dvdread_dep.found()
   dvdread = library('gstdvdread',
-    ['dvdreadsrc.c'],
+    dvdread_sources,
     c_args : ugly_args,
     include_directories : [configinc, libsinc],
     dependencies : [gstbase_dep, gmodule_dep, dvdread_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/mpeg2dec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/mpeg2dec/meson.build
index 4165bec9e1..1e4ad909ec 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/mpeg2dec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/mpeg2dec/meson.build
@@ -3,11 +3,28 @@ mpeg2dec_opt = get_option('mpeg2dec').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
   ''')
 
+mpeg2dec_sources = [
+  'gstmpeg2dec.c',
+]
+
+mpeg2dec_headers = [
+  'gstmpeg2dec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: mpeg2dec_sources + mpeg2dec_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'mpeg2dec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 mpeg2_dep = dependency('libmpeg2', version : '>= 0.4.0', required : mpeg2dec_opt)
 
 if mpeg2_dep.found()
   mpeg2dec = library('gstmpeg2dec',
-    ['gstmpeg2dec.c'],
+    mpeg2dec_sources,
     c_args : ugly_args,
     include_directories : [configinc],
     dependencies : [gstvideo_dep, mpeg2_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/sidplay/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/sidplay/meson.build
index 4776d6f2c6..819c4b6e99 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/sidplay/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/sidplay/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ sidplay_option = get_option('sidplay').require(gpl_allowed, error_message: '''
   Pass option -Dgpl=enabled to Meson to allow GPL-licensed plugins to be built.
   ''')
 
+sid_sources = [
+  'gstsiddec.cc',
+]
+
+sid_headers = [
+  'gstsiddec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: sid_sources + sid_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'sid': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 if not add_languages('cpp', native: false, required: sidplay_option)
   subdir_done()
 endif
@@ -28,7 +45,8 @@ if not cxx.compiles(sid_code, dependencies: sidplay_dep, name : 'sidplay usage')
   subdir_done()
 endif
 
-gstsid = library('gstsid', 'gstsiddec.cc',
+gstsid = library('gstsid',
+  sid_sources,
   cpp_args : ugly_args,
   include_directories : [configinc],
   dependencies : [gstaudio_dep, sidplay_dep],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build
index f5e2b585b6..d487ed5aed 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/ext/x264/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,20 @@ x264_sources = [
   'gstencoderbitrateprofilemanager.c',
 ]
 
+x264_headers = [
+  'gstx264enc.h',
+  'gstencoderbitrateprofilemanager.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: x264_sources + x264_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'x264': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
 x264_dep = dependency('x264', version : '>=0.156', required : x264_opt,
                       fallback: ['x264', 'libx264_dep'])
 
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/asfdemux/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/asfdemux/meson.build
index 793d76de0b..935a63eff2 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/asfdemux/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/asfdemux/meson.build
@@ -8,6 +8,28 @@ asf_sources = [
   'gstrtspwms.c',
 ]
 
+asf_headers = [
+  'gstasfelements.h',
+  'gstasfdemux.h',
+  'asfheaders.h',
+  'gstrtpasfdepay.h',
+  'gstrtspwms.h',
+  'asfpacket.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: asf_sources + asf_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'asf': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('asfdemux').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstasf = library('gstasf',
   asf_sources,
   c_args : ugly_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdlpcmdec/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdlpcmdec/meson.build
index 2f064f47ea..4a36632376 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdlpcmdec/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdlpcmdec/meson.build
@@ -2,6 +2,23 @@ dvdpl_sources = [
   'gstdvdlpcmdec.c'
 ]
 
+dvdpl_headers = [
+  'gstdvdlpcmdec.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dvdpl_sources + dvdpl_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvdlpcmdec': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dvdlpcmdec').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdvdlpcmdec = library('gstdvdlpcmdec',
   dvdpl_sources,
   c_args : ugly_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdsub/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdsub/meson.build
index 39af1c75ad..94c3eacba0 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdsub/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/dvdsub/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,24 @@ dvdsub_sources = [
   'gstdvdsubparse.c',
 ]
 
+dvdsub_headers = [
+  'gstdvdsubdec.h',
+  'gstdvdsubparse.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: dvdsub_sources + dvdsub_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'dvdsub': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('dvdsub').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstdvdsub = library('gstdvdsub',
   dvdsub_sources,
   c_args : ugly_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/meson.build
index b04cc7bbe0..65d846c58d 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
 foreach plugin : ['asfdemux', 'dvdlpcmdec', 'dvdsub', 'realmedia']
-  if not get_option(plugin).disabled()
-    subdir(plugin)
-  endif
+  subdir(plugin)
 endforeach
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/realmedia/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/realmedia/meson.build
index 626ba88dfc..efb930ec98 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/realmedia/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/gst/realmedia/meson.build
@@ -5,6 +5,26 @@ real_sources = [
   'realmedia.c'
 ]
 
+real_headers = [
+  'rmdemux.h',
+  'rademux.h',
+  'rmutils.h',
+  'pnmsrc.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: real_sources + real_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'realmedia': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('realmedia').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 gstrmdemux = library('gstrealmedia',
   real_sources,
   c_args : ugly_args,
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
index 51f0febe0d..f55ee63681 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-plugins-ugly/meson.build
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ api_version = '1.0'
 static_build = get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 plugins_install_dir = join_paths(get_option('libdir'), 'gstreamer-1.0')
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 
 cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
 if have_cxx
@@ -323,6 +324,12 @@ gpl_allowed = get_option('gpl').allowed()
 
 python3 = import('python').find_installation()
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 subdir('gst')
 subdir('ext')
 subdir('tests')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/docs/meson.build
index 9d43828511..2873e34609 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/docs/meson.build
@@ -98,13 +98,29 @@ libs_doc = [hotdoc.generate_doc('gst-rtsp-server',
     depends: rtsp_server_gir[0],
 )]
 
-if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
-  pathsep = ';'
-else
-  pathsep = ':'
-endif
+
+doc_source_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_sources.json', configuration: plugin_sources, output_format: 'json')
+
+plugin_libraries = {}
+
+foreach plugin: plugins
+  if plugin.name().startswith('gst')
+    plugin_name = plugin.name().substring(3)
+  else
+    plugin_name = plugin.name()
+  endif
+
+  plugin_libraries += {
+    plugin_name: plugin.full_path()
+  }
+endforeach
+
+doc_plugin_libs_file = configure_file(output: 'doc_plugin_libs.json', configuration: plugin_libraries, output_format: 'json')
+
 cdir = meson.current_source_dir()
-gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
+plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
+  'build-hotdoc-configs',
+  command: [
     plugins_cache_generator,
     'hotdoc-config',
     '--builddir', meson.current_build_dir(),
@@ -112,9 +128,13 @@ gst_plugins_doc = run_command(
     '--sitemap', cdir / 'plugins/sitemap.txt',
     '--index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
-    '--gst_c_sources', cdir / '../gst/rtsp-sink/*.[ch]',
-    '--gst_cache_file', plugins_cache,
-    check: true,
-).stdout().split(pathsep)
+    '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
+    '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
+    '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
+    '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
+  ],
+  input: plugins_cache,
+  output: 'hotdoc-configs.json',
+)
 
 doc = libs_doc[0]
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/meson.build
index 59cb3e4750..229c861eed 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,2 @@
 subdir('rtsp-server')
-
-if not get_option('rtspclientsink').disabled()
-  subdir('rtsp-sink')
-endif
+subdir('rtsp-sink')
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-sink/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-sink/meson.build
index ddc37b8dcf..a66fbfe129 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-sink/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/gst/rtsp-sink/meson.build
@@ -3,6 +3,23 @@ rtspsink_sources = [
   'plugin.c',
 ]
 
+rtspsink_headers = [
+  'gstrtspclientsink.h',
+]
+
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: rtspsink_sources + rtspsink_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'rtspclientsink': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('rtspclientsink').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 rtspsink = library('gstrtspclientsink',
   rtspsink_sources,
   c_args : rtspserver_args + ['-DG_LOG_DOMAIN="GStreamer-rtspclientsink"'],
diff --git a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson.build b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson.build
index 3e71202e00..da88dd1385 100644
--- a/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gst-rtsp-server/meson.build
@@ -195,10 +195,17 @@ if get_option('default_library') == 'shared'
 endif
 
 plugins = []
+plugin_sources = {}
 pkgconfig_subdirs = ['gstreamer-1.0']
 static_build = get_option('default_library') == 'static'
 gst_libraries = []
 
+if host_machine.system() == 'windows'
+  pathsep = ';'
+else
+  pathsep = ':'
+endif
+
 subdir('gst')
 
 subdir('tests')
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/docs/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/docs/meson.build
index 4629ef2066..6b680cf5d8 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/docs/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/docs/meson.build
@@ -196,9 +196,6 @@ plugin_hotdoc_configs = custom_target(
     '--gst_index', cdir / 'plugins/index.md',
     '--gst_c_source_file', doc_source_file,
     '--gst_plugin_libraries_file', doc_plugin_libs_file,
-    '--gst_c_sources',
-      cdir / '../plugins/*/*.c',
-      cdir / '../plugins/*/*.h',
     '--gst_cache_file', '@INPUT@',
     '--output', '@OUTPUT@',
   ],
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/meson.build
index 697e331278..12c95c3019 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/meson.build
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
 plugins = []
 plugin_sources = {}
 subdir('elements')
-if not get_option('coretracers').disabled()
-  subdir('tracers')
-endif
+subdir('tracers')
diff --git a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/tracers/meson.build b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/tracers/meson.build
index a74993e25c..2158852403 100644
--- a/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/tracers/meson.build
+++ b/subprojects/gstreamer/plugins/tracers/meson.build
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-if not tracer_hooks
-  if get_option('coretracers').enabled()
-    error('coretracers plugin enabled but not tracer_hooks')
-  endif
-  subdir_done()
-endif
-
 gst_tracers_sources = [
   'gstlatency.c',
   'gstleaks.c',
@@ -13,6 +6,14 @@ gst_tracers_sources = [
   'gstfactories.c'
 ]
 
+debug_sources = [
+  'gstlog.c',
+]
+
+getrusage_sources = [
+  'gstrusage.c',
+]
+
 gst_tracers_headers = [
   'gstfactories.h',
   'gstlatency.h',
@@ -22,12 +23,32 @@ gst_tracers_headers = [
   'gststats.h',
 ]
 
+doc_sources = []
+foreach s: gst_tracers_sources + debug_sources + getrusage_sources + gst_tracers_headers
+  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
+endforeach
+
+plugin_sources += {
+  'coretracers': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
+}
+
+if get_option('coretracers').disabled()
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
+if not tracer_hooks
+  if get_option('coretracers').enabled()
+    error('coretracers plugin enabled but not tracer_hooks')
+  endif
+  subdir_done()
+endif
+
 if gst_debug
-  gst_tracers_sources += ['gstlog.c']
+  gst_tracers_sources += debug_sources
 endif
 
 if cdata.has('HAVE_GETRUSAGE')
-  gst_tracers_sources += ['gstrusage.c']
+  gst_tracers_sources += getrusage_sources
 endif
 
 thread_dep = dependency('threads', required : false)
@@ -41,12 +62,3 @@ gst_tracers = library('gstcoretracers',
   install_dir : plugins_install_dir,
 )
 plugins += [gst_tracers]
-
-doc_sources = []
-foreach s: gst_tracers_sources + gst_tracers_headers
-  doc_sources += meson.current_source_dir() / s
-endforeach
-
-plugin_sources += {
-  'coretracers': pathsep.join(doc_sources)
-}