diff --git a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template
index c8653a55783..1c70d638150 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gtksourceview/template
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 # Template file for 'gtksourceview'
 pkgname=gtksourceview
 version=3.10.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gobject-introspection"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gtk+3-devel"
 makedepends="gtk+3-devel>=3.8 libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Text widget that extends GTK+3 GtkTextView widget"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@ license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=045d244b1fd6a2d1b91a40712cbbfb18c6e44844c266a0a16ac5ec1800add8f5
 
+# Package build options
+build_options="gir"
+desc_option_gir="Enable support for building gobject introspection data"
+
+# Disable gir for cross builds.
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="gir"
+fi
+
+if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --enable-introspection"
+	makedepends+=" gobject-introspection"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --disable-introspection"
+fi
+
 gtksourceview-devel_package() {
 	depends="gtk+3-devel libxml2-devel ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
@@ -20,7 +36,9 @@ gtksourceview-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove "usr/share/gir*"
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
 		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
 	}
 }