diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index a7d48a2c45..2de27861de 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1477,7 +1477,7 @@ foreach tuple : [['myhostname', 'ENABLE_NSS_MYHOSTNAME'],
                 module = tuple[0]
 
                 sym = 'src/nss-@0@/nss-@0@.sym'.format(module)
-                version_script_arg = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), sym)
+                version_script_arg = join_paths(meson.source_root(), sym)
 
                 nss = shared_library(
                         'nss_' + module,
@@ -1732,7 +1732,7 @@ if conf.get('ENABLE_LOGIND') == 1
         public_programs += exe
 
         if conf.get('HAVE_PAM') == 1
-                version_script_arg = join_paths(meson.current_source_dir(), pam_systemd_sym)
+                version_script_arg = join_paths(meson.source_root(), pam_systemd_sym)
                 pam_systemd = shared_library(
                         'pam_systemd',
                         pam_systemd_c,
@@ -2860,7 +2860,7 @@ endforeach
 if git.found()
         all_files = run_command(
                 git,
-                ['--git-dir=@0@/.git'.format(meson.current_source_dir()),
+                ['--git-dir=@0@/.git'.format(meson.source_root()),
                  'ls-files',
                  ':/*.[ch]'])
         all_files = files(all_files.stdout().split())
@@ -2868,10 +2868,10 @@ if git.found()
         custom_target(
                 'tags',
                 output : 'tags',
-                command : [env, 'etags', '-o', '@0@/TAGS'.format(meson.current_source_dir())] + all_files)
+                command : [env, 'etags', '-o', '@0@/TAGS'.format(meson.source_root())] + all_files)
         run_target(
                 'ctags',
-                command : [env, 'ctags', '-o', '@0@/tags'.format(meson.current_source_dir())] + all_files)
+                command : [env, 'ctags', '-o', '@0@/tags'.format(meson.source_root())] + all_files)
 endif
 
 if git.found()
@@ -2884,17 +2884,17 @@ endif
 if git.found()
         git_head = run_command(
                 git,
-                ['--git-dir=@0@/.git'.format(meson.current_source_dir()),
+                ['--git-dir=@0@/.git'.format(meson.source_root()),
                  'rev-parse', 'HEAD']).stdout().strip()
         git_head_short = run_command(
                 git,
-                ['--git-dir=@0@/.git'.format(meson.current_source_dir()),
+                ['--git-dir=@0@/.git'.format(meson.source_root()),
                  'rev-parse', '--short=7', 'HEAD']).stdout().strip()
 
         run_target(
                 'git-snapshot',
                 command : ['git', 'archive',
-                           '-o', '@0@/systemd-@1@.tar.gz'.format(meson.current_source_dir(),
+                           '-o', '@0@/systemd-@1@.tar.gz'.format(meson.source_root(),
                                                                  git_head_short),
                            '--prefix', 'systemd-@0@/'.format(git_head),
                            'HEAD'])