diff --git a/valabind-cc b/valabind-cc
index 7532049..8aa89e4 100755
--- a/valabind-cc
+++ b/valabind-cc
@@ -237,8 +237,8 @@ else
     ;;
   *)
     if [ "${NOGEN}" = 0 ]; then
-      echo valabind ${VALABINDFLAGS} ${ARG_VAPIDIR} -o ${MOD}.i -m ${MOD} ${FILES}
-      valabind ${VALABINDFLAGS} ${ARG_VAPIDIR} -o ${MOD}.i -m ${MOD} ${FILES} || exit 1
+      echo valabind --swig ${VALABINDFLAGS} ${ARG_VAPIDIR} -o ${MOD}.i -m ${MOD} ${FILES}
+      valabind --swig ${VALABINDFLAGS} ${ARG_VAPIDIR} -o ${MOD}.i -m ${MOD} ${FILES} || exit 1
       eval echo ${SWIG} -O -o ${MOD}_wrap.cxx ${SWIGCPP} ${SWIGFLAGS} -${LANG} ${MOD}.i ${NULLPIPE}
       ${SWIG} -O -o ${MOD}_wrap.cxx ${SWIGCPP} ${SWIGFLAGS} -${LANG} ${MOD}.i || exit 1
     fi