diff --git a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
index 7ab816e1e6d..fded42b243a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gobject-introspection/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'gobject-introspection'
 pkgname=gobject-introspection
 version=1.64.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=meson
 pycompile_dirs="usr/lib/${pkgname}/giscanner"
 hostmakedepends="flex pkg-config"
-makedepends="cairo-devel libffi-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel python3-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown"
+makedepends="cairo-devel libffi-devel libglib-devel libxml2-devel
+ python3-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown"
 depends="libgirepository-devel python3-Mako python3-Markdown"
 short_desc="Introspection system for GObject-based libraries"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -41,6 +42,12 @@ post_install() {
 	mv ${DESTDIR}/usr/bin/g-ir-compiler{,.wrapped}
 	vbin ${FILESDIR}/g-ir-compiler-wrapper g-ir-compiler
 
+	# For cross builds copy the not installed tests subdirectory
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		vmkdir usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0
+		cp -aR ${wrksrc}/tests ${DESTDIR}/usr/share/gobject-introspection-1.0/
+	fi
+
 	# modify the pkg-config files to respect ${pc_sysrootdir} for variables that are
 	# meant to be called with 'pkg-config --variable'
 	vsed -e 's|^g_ir_scanner=.*|g_ir_scanner=${pc_sysrootdir}/${bindir}/g-ir-scanner|g' \