diff --git a/doc/c/Doxyfile.in b/doc/c/Doxyfile.in
index 0824002..17af796 100644
--- a/doc/c/Doxyfile.in
+++ b/doc/c/Doxyfile.in
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ SHOW_FILES             = NO
 MACRO_EXPANSION        = YES
 PREDEFINED             = SRATOM_API
 
+RECURSIVE              = YES
 STRIP_FROM_PATH        = @SRATOM_SRCDIR@
-INPUT                  = @SRATOM_HEADERS@
+INPUT                  = @SRATOM_SRCDIR@/include
 
-OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = doc/c
+OUTPUT_DIRECTORY       = @DOX_OUTPUT@
diff --git a/doc/c/api/meson.build b/doc/c/api/meson.build
index 8deb5fb..27faf4d 100644
--- a/doc/c/api/meson.build
+++ b/doc/c/api/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 c_sratom_rst = custom_target(
-  'C API ReST Documentation',
-  command: [dox_to_sphinx, '-f', '@INPUT0@', 'doc/c/api'],
+  'Sratom C API ReST Documentation',
+  command: [dox_to_sphinx, '-f', '@INPUT0@', meson.current_build_dir()],
   input: [c_index_xml] + c_rst_files,
   output: 'sratom.rst')
diff --git a/doc/c/meson.build b/doc/c/meson.build
index 2de95b7..f02851e 100644
--- a/doc/c/meson.build
+++ b/doc/c/meson.build
@@ -20,8 +20,10 @@ subdir('xml')
 subdir('api')
 
 docs = custom_target(
-  'C API Documentation (singlehtml)',
-  command: [sphinx_build, '-M', 'singlehtml', 'doc/c/', 'doc/c/', '-E', '-q', '-t', 'singlehtml'],
+  'singlehtml documentation for sratom',
+  command: [sphinx_build, '-M', 'singlehtml',
+            meson.current_build_dir(), meson.current_build_dir(),
+            '-E', '-q', '-t', 'singlehtml'],
   input: [c_rst_files, c_sratom_rst, c_index_xml],
   output: 'singlehtml',
   build_by_default: true,
@@ -29,8 +31,10 @@ docs = custom_target(
   install_dir: docdir / 'sratom-0')
 
 docs = custom_target(
-  'C API Documentation (html)',
-  command: [sphinx_build, '-M', 'html', 'doc/c/', 'doc/c/', '-E', '-q', '-t', 'html'],
+  'html documentation for sratom',
+  command: [sphinx_build, '-M', 'html',
+            meson.current_build_dir(), meson.current_build_dir(),
+            '-E', '-q', '-t', 'html'],
   input: [c_rst_files, c_sratom_rst, c_index_xml],
   output: 'html',
   build_by_default: true,
diff --git a/doc/c/xml/meson.build b/doc/c/xml/meson.build
index f50ad17..27696ed 100644
--- a/doc/c/xml/meson.build
+++ b/doc/c/xml/meson.build
@@ -6,8 +6,8 @@ foreach h : c_headers
 endforeach
 
 config = configuration_data()
-config.set('SRATOM_HEADERS', ' '.join(c_doxygen_input))
 config.set('SRATOM_SRCDIR', sratom_src_root)
+config.set('DOX_OUTPUT', meson.current_build_dir() / '..')
 
 c_doxyfile = configure_file(configuration: config,
                             input: '../Doxyfile.in',