diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 312439015f..5e0bd2c431 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3876,7 +3876,7 @@ if git.found()
                         command : [env, 'etags', '-o', '@0@/TAGS'.format(project_source_root)] + all_files)
                 run_target(
                         'ctags',
-                        command : [env, 'ctags', '-o', '@0@/tags'.format(project_source_root)] + all_files)
+                        command : [env, 'ctags', '--tag-relative=never', '-o', '@0@/tags'.format(project_source_root)] + all_files)
         endif
 endif