diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template b/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
index 6af77760a7..81c0e61694 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-gobject/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ build_style=meson
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="-Dpython=python${py3_ver}"
 pycompile_module="gi pygtkcompat"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python3 python3-MarkupSafe"
+hostmakedepends="gobject-introspection pkg-config python3 python3-MarkupSafe"
 makedepends="libglib-devel python3-cairo-devel python3-devel"
 depends="gir-freedesktop python3-cairo"
 short_desc="Python3 bindings for GObject"
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ homepage="https://pygobject.readthedocs.io/"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/pygobject/${version%.*}/pygobject-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=c39ca2a28364b57fa00549c6e836346031e6b886c3ceabfd8ab4b4fed0a83611
 
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ ! -s "${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests/gitestmacros.h" ]; then
+		# /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests missing in cross builds
+		cp -aR /usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests \
+			${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0
+	fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	# In case it was copied make sure it's removed
+	rm -rf ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/tests
+}
+
 python3-gobject-devel_package() {
 	depends="libgirepository-devel python3-cairo-devel
 	 libglib-devel libffi-devel