diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
index 30364a6e1..9c7366775 100644
--- a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
+++ b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
@@ -1046,6 +1046,12 @@ This will become a hard error in the future.''')
             raise MesonException(
                 'Sources keyword argument must be a string or array.')
 
+        # The `install_header` argument will be used by mkenums() when
+        # not using template files, so we need to forcibly unset it
+        # when generating the C source file, otherwise we will end up
+        # installing it
+        c_file_kwargs['install_header'] = False
+
         header_prefix = kwargs.get('header_prefix', '')
         decl_decorator = kwargs.get('decorator', '')
         func_prefix = kwargs.get('function_prefix', '')
diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/installed_files.txt b/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/installed_files.txt
index c7c704ffa..ac132efb7 100644
--- a/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/installed_files.txt	
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/installed_files.txt	
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 usr/include/enums.h
 usr/include/enums2.h
 usr/include/enums3.h
+usr/include/enums5.h
 usr/include/marshaller.h
 usr/lib/?libgir_lib.so
 usr/lib/?libdep1lib.so
diff --git a/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/mkenums/meson.build b/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/mkenums/meson.build
index 9963455c5..44c21cba4 100644
--- a/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/mkenums/meson.build	
+++ b/test cases/frameworks/7 gnome/mkenums/meson.build	
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ enums4 = gnome.mkenums_simple('enums4', sources : 'meson-sample.h',
 enumexe4 = executable('enumprog4', 'main4.c', enums4, dependencies : gobj)
 
 enums5 = gnome.mkenums_simple('enums5', sources : 'meson-sample.h',
+                              install_header : true,
                               decorator : 'MESON_EXPORT',
                               header_prefix : '#include "meson-decls.h"')
 enumexe5 = executable('enumprog5', main, enums5, dependencies : gobj)