diff --git a/Makefile.am b/Makefile.am
index e97e82b8db..c40e1d2112 100644
--- a/Makefile.am
+++ b/Makefile.am
@@ -1958,8 +1958,13 @@ endif
 
 libnm_docs_sources = $(src_libnm_core_impl_lib_c_settings_real)
 
-src/libnm-client-impl/nm-property-infos-%.xml: tools/generate-docs-nm-property-infos.py $(libnm_docs_sources)
-	$(AM_V_GEN) "$(PYTHON)" $(srcdir)/tools/generate-docs-nm-property-infos.py $(patsubst nm-property-infos-%.xml,%,$(notdir $@)) $@ $(filter-out $<,$^)
+src/libnm-client-impl/nm-property-infos-%.xml: tools/generate-docs-nm-property-infos.py src/libnm-core-impl/libnm-core-impl.la $(libnm_docs_sources)
+	$(AM_V_GEN) \
+		"$(PYTHON)" \
+		$(srcdir)/tools/generate-docs-nm-property-infos.py \
+		$(patsubst nm-property-infos-%.xml,%,$(notdir $@)) \
+		$@ \
+		$(wordlist 3,1000,$^)
 
 src/libnm-client-impl/nm-settings-docs-gir.xml: tools/generate-docs-nm-settings-docs-gir.py src/libnm-client-impl/NM-1.0.gir src/libnm-client-impl/NM-1.0.typelib src/libnm-client-impl/libnm.la $(libnm_docs_sources)
 	$(AM_V_GEN) \