diff --git a/Makefile.include b/Makefile.include
index 1d26ab7ec..c43dbe12e 100644
--- a/Makefile.include
+++ b/Makefile.include
@@ -49,12 +49,12 @@ policy.%.config: $(top_builddir)/policy.config
 $(POLICY_ASSEMBLIES) : policy.%.$(ASSEMBLY): policy.%.config $(SNK)
 	$(AL) -link:policy.$*.config -out:$@ -keyfile:$(SNK)
 
-build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources)) $(top_builddir)/AssemblyInfo.cs
+build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources))
 build_references = $(addprefix -r:, $(references)) $(MONO_CAIRO_LIBS)
 
 $(ASSEMBLY): generated-stamp $(SNK) $(build_sources) $(references)
 	@rm -f $(ASSEMBLY).mdb
-	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -keyfile:$(SNK) -nowarn:0169,0612,0618 -unsafe -out:$(ASSEMBLY) -target:library $(build_references) $(GENERATED_SOURCES) $(build_sources)
+	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -keyfile:$(SNK) -nowarn:0169,0612,0618 -unsafe -out:$(ASSEMBLY) -target:library $(build_references) $(GENERATED_SOURCES) $(build_sources) $(top_builddir)$(ASSEMBLYINFO)
 
 install-data-local:
 	@if test -n '$(pkg)'; then							\
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index ffe6b4697..5f6963ebe 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ fi
 if test "x$has_mono" = "xtrue"; then
 GACUTIL_FLAGS='/package $(PACKAGE_VERSION) /gacdir $(DESTDIR)$(prefix)/lib'
 GENERATED_SOURCES=generated/*.cs
+ASSEMBLYINFO=/AssemblyInfo.cs
 AC_PATH_PROG(RUNTIME, mono, no)
 
 # libmono and glib required for gui-thread-check profiler module
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(CSC, csc.exe, no)
 CSFLAGS="-nologo -platform:x86"
 GACUTIL_FLAGS=
 GENERATED_SOURCES=generated\\\\*.cs
+ASSEMBLYINFO=\\\\AssemblyInfo.cs
 AM_CONDITIONAL(ENABLE_THREADCHECK, false)
 enable_dotnet=yes
 
@@ -163,6 +165,7 @@ AC_SUBST(GACUTIL_FLAGS)
 AC_SUBST(LIB_PREFIX)
 AC_SUBST(LIB_SUFFIX)
 AC_SUBST(GENERATED_SOURCES)
+AC_SUBST(ASSEMBLYINFO)
 
 GTK_REQUIRED_VERSION=3.0.0
 GLIB_REQUIRED_VERSION=2.28.0
diff --git a/glib/Makefile.am b/glib/Makefile.am
index 1e07b2de8..ccbaf2fc2 100644
--- a/glib/Makefile.am
+++ b/glib/Makefile.am
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ sources =		 			\
 	Variant.cs				\
 	VariantType.cs
 
-build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources)) $(top_builddir)/AssemblyInfo.cs
+build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources))
 dist_sources = $(sources)
 
 EXTRA_DIST =				\
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =				\
 
 $(ASSEMBLY): $(build_sources) $(SNK)
 	@rm -f $(ASSEMBLY).mdb
-	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -keyfile:$(SNK) -unsafe -out:$(ASSEMBLY) -target:library $(references) $(build_sources)
+	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -keyfile:$(SNK) -unsafe -out:$(ASSEMBLY) -target:library $(references) $(build_sources) $(top_builddir)$(ASSEMBLYINFO)
 
 policy.%.config: $(top_builddir)/policy.config
 	sed -e "s/@ASSEMBLY_NAME@/$(ASSEMBLY_NAME)/" -e "s/@POLICY@/$*/" $(top_builddir)/policy.config > $@
diff --git a/gtkdotnet/Makefile.am b/gtkdotnet/Makefile.am
index 55b34d6e2..eec5c67bd 100644
--- a/gtkdotnet/Makefile.am
+++ b/gtkdotnet/Makefile.am
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ sources =		 			\
 	Graphics.cs				\
 	StyleContextExtensions.cs
 
-build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources)) $(top_builddir)/AssemblyInfo.cs
+build_sources = $(addprefix $(srcdir)/, $(sources))
 
 EXTRA_DIST =				\
 	$(sources)			\
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ EXTRA_DIST =				\
 
 $(ASSEMBLY): $(build_sources) $(references) $(SNK)
 	@rm -f $(ASSEMBLY).mdb
-	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -keyfile:$(SNK) -nowarn:0169,0612,0618 -out:$(ASSEMBLY) -target:library $(build_references) $(build_sources)
+	$(CSC) $(CSFLAGS) -keyfile:$(SNK) -nowarn:0169,0612,0618 -out:$(ASSEMBLY) -target:library $(build_references) $(build_sources) $(top_builddir)$(ASSEMBLYINFO)
 
 policy.%.config: $(top_builddir)/policy.config
 	sed -e "s/@ASSEMBLY_NAME@/$(ASSEMBLY_NAME)/" -e "s/@POLICY@/$*/" $(top_builddir)/policy.config > $@