diff --git a/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md b/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md
index ce2b7a654..679329373 100644
--- a/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md
+++ b/docs/markdown/Wayland-module.md
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ generated = wl_mod.scan_xml(
   client : true,
   server : true,
   public : false,
-  include_core_only : false,
+  include_core_only : true,
 )
 ```
 This function accepts one or more arguments of either string or file type.
diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py b/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py
index 0cbc4b76a..99f71d000 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/wayland.py
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class WaylandModule(ExtensionModule):
         KwargInfo('public', bool, default=False),
         KwargInfo('client', bool, default=True),
         KwargInfo('server', bool, default=False),
-        KwargInfo('include_core_only', bool, default=False, since='0.64.0'),
+        KwargInfo('include_core_only', bool, default=True, since='0.64.0'),
     )
     def scan_xml(self, state: ModuleState, args: T.Tuple[T.List[FileOrString]], kwargs: ScanXML) -> ModuleReturnValue:
         if self.scanner_bin is None: