diff --git a/srcpkgs/ibus/template b/srcpkgs/ibus/template
index e4e922ee9f9..7a1ae6ec8de 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ibus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ibus/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'ibus'
 pkgname=ibus
 version=1.5.30
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--enable-ui --enable-gtk3 --enable-gtk4
@@ -35,7 +35,20 @@ post_configure() {
 }
 
 pre_build() {
-	export GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH="${wrksrc}/src/.libs"
+	[ -n "${CROSS_BUILD}" ] || return 0
+
+	# TODO: fix this hack!
+	#
+	# GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH in g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper is not being honored,
+	# and the linker cannot find libibus-1.0.so.5 when scanning. Linking
+	# the missing library alongside the scanner targets is sufficient.
+	local s d
+
+	s="${wrksrc}/src/.libs/libibus-1.0.so.5"
+	for d in tools bindings/vala client/wayland; do
+		mkdir -p "${d}/.libs"
+		ln -Tsf "${s}" "${d}/.libs/libibus-1.0.so.5"
+	done
 }
 
 post_install() {