diff --git a/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/patches/0001-flip-archive_h-and-archive_entry_h-order-on-client-as-util.patch b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/patches/0001-flip-archive_h-and-archive_entry_h-order-on-client-as-util.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5535c39cef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/patches/0001-flip-archive_h-and-archive_entry_h-order-on-client-as-util.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+They are in the wrong order.
+
+--- client/as-util.c
++++ client/as-util.c
+@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
+ #include <gio/gio.h>
+ 
+ #include <appstream-glib.h>
+-#include <archive_entry.h>
+ #include <archive.h>
++#include <archive_entry.h>
+ #include <libsoup/soup.h>
+ #include <locale.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/patches/0002-flip-archive_h-and-archive_entry_h-order-on-libappstream-glib-as-util.patch b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/patches/0002-flip-archive_h-and-archive_entry_h-order-on-libappstream-glib-as-util.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8c5f70c480
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/patches/0002-flip-archive_h-and-archive_entry_h-order-on-libappstream-glib-as-util.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+They are in the wrong order.
+
+--- libappstream-glib/as-utils.c
++++ libappstream-glib/as-utils.c
+@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@
+ 
+ #include <fnmatch.h>
+ #include <string.h>
+-#include <archive_entry.h>
+ #include <archive.h>
++#include <archive_entry.h>
+ #include <libsoup/soup.h>
+ #include <stdlib.h>
+ #include <uuid.h>
diff --git a/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template
index 6b10820219..24bda0a842 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/appstream-glib/template
@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
 # Template file for 'appstream-glib'
 pkgname=appstream-glib
-version=0.6.13
-revision=2
-build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection automake gperf gcab"
+version=0.7.6
+revision=1
+configure_args="-Dgtk-doc=false -Drpm=false -Dstemmer=false
+ -Dintrospection=$(vopt_if gir true false)"
+build_style=meson
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection) gperf gcab"
 # XXX: add libstemmer support
+# Requires tagged release
+# https://github.com/snowballstem/snowball/issues/7
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel libyaml-devel gcab-devel libsoup-devel libarchive-devel
  json-glib-devel"
 short_desc="Install and update applications"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
-license="GPL-2"
+license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="https://people.freedesktop.org/~hughsient/appstream-glib/"
 distfiles="$homepage/releases/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
-checksum=1a3734b2cdaab55ad63c6e3ee31026fdceb122cecae39f9f7126a0305e8836bf
+checksum=b216583a8b9c47f6db52031fbbdfd9005a274c6a0a97c8db8c1d80c890b7d545
 
-pre_build() {
-	sed -i -e 's/ -shared / -Wl,-O1,--as-needed\0/g' libtool
-}
+build_options="gir"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default+=" gir"
+fi
 
-post_install() {
-	rm -r $DESTDIR/usr/share/gtk-doc
-}
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# the cross-build craps out due to no glib-resources-compile
+	hostmakedepends+=" glib-devel"
+fi
 
 appstream-glib-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} libarchive-devel gcab-devel gdk-pixbuf-devel"
@@ -28,7 +34,6 @@ appstream-glib-devel_package() {
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove "usr/lib/*.a"
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 	}
 }