diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b86e9ebc14
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+Source: Cogitri
+Upstream: No
+Reason: fixes cross-compilation by running generators against the host system and compiling them against it too.
+
+--- gdk-pixbuf/meson.build
++++ gdk-pixbuf/meson.build
+@@ -291,11 +291,16 @@ foreach bin: gdkpixbuf_bin
+   set_variable(bin_name.underscorify(), bin)
+ endforeach
+ 
++if meson.is_cross_build()
++  gdk_pixbuf_query_loaders = find_program('gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders', native: true)
++endif
++
+ # The 'loaders.cache' used for testing, so we don't accidentally
+ # load the installed cache; we always build it by default
+ loaders_cache = custom_target('loaders.cache',
+                               output: 'loaders.cache',
+                               capture: true,
++                              depends: gdkpixbuf,
+                               command: [
+                                 gdk_pixbuf_query_loaders,
+                                 dynamic_loaders,
+--- meson.build
++++ meson.build
+@@ -212,6 +212,15 @@ endif
+ 
+ gdk_pixbuf_deps = [ mathlib_dep, gobject_dep, gmodule_dep, gio_dep, shared_mime_dep, medialib_dep ]
+ 
++# cross deps
++if meson.is_cross_build()
++  gobject_dep_native = dependency('gobject-2.0', version: glib_req_version, native: true)
++  gmodule_dep_native = dependency('gmodule-no-export-2.0', native: true)
++  gio_dep_native = dependency('gio-2.0', native: true)
++  gdk_pixbuf_dep_native = dependency('gdk-pixbuf-2.0', native: true)
++  native_deps = [ gobject_dep_native, gmodule_dep_native, gio_dep_native, gdk_pixbuf_dep_native ]
++endif
++
+ # Check if we can build shared modules
+ build_modules = gmodule_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('gmodule_supported') == 'true'
+ gdk_pixbuf_conf.set('USE_GMODULE', build_modules)
+@@ -396,7 +405,6 @@ endif
+ # i18n
+ subdir('po')
+ 
+-subdir('tests')
+ subdir('thumbnailer')
+ 
+ # Documentation
+--- thumbnailer/meson.build
++++ thumbnailer/meson.build
+@@ -6,7 +6,36 @@ executable('gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer',
+            ],
+            dependencies: gdk_pixbuf_deps + [ gdkpixbuf_dep ],
+            install: true)
++if meson.is_cross_build()
++cc = meson.get_compiler('c')
+ 
++gdk_pixbuf_print_mime_types = executable('gdk-pixbuf-print-mime-types',
++                                         'gdk-pixbuf-print-mime-types.c',
++                                         c_args: common_cflags,
++                                         dependencies: native_deps,
++                                         native: true,
++                                         include_directories: include_directories('..'))
++
++custom_target('thumbnailer',
++              input: 'gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.thumbnailer.in',
++              output: 'gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer.thumbnailer',
++              command: [
++                gen_thumbnailer,
++                '--printer=@0@'.format('/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-thumbnailer'),
++                '--pixdata=@0@'.format('/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-pixdata'),
++                '--loaders=@0@'.format('/usr/bin/gdk-pixbuf-query-loaders'),
++                '--bindir=@0@'.format(gdk_pixbuf_bindir),
++                '@INPUT@',
++                '@OUTPUT@',
++              ],
++              depends: [
++                gdk_pixbuf_print_mime_types,
++                gdk_pixbuf_pixdata,
++                loaders_cache,
++              ],
++              install: true,
++              install_dir: join_paths(gdk_pixbuf_datadir, 'thumbnailers'))
++else
+ gdk_pixbuf_print_mime_types = executable('gdk-pixbuf-print-mime-types',
+                                          'gdk-pixbuf-print-mime-types.c',
+                                          c_args: common_cflags,
+@@ -31,3 +60,4 @@ custom_target('thumbnailer',
+               ],
+               install: true,
+               install_dir: join_paths(gdk_pixbuf_datadir, 'thumbnailers'))
++endif
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/template b/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/template
index 1277f423f0f..4d3ae68139d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gdk-pixbuf/template
@@ -1,35 +1,36 @@
 # Template file for 'gdk-pixbuf'
 pkgname=gdk-pixbuf
-version=2.36.12
+version=2.38.0
 revision=1
-build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="$(vopt_enable gir introspection) --without-libjasper
- --with-included-loaders=png --with-x11 gio_can_sniff=yes"
-hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel glib-devel libtool pkg-config
- $(vopt_if gir 'gobject-introspection')"
-makedepends="libX11-devel libglib-devel libpng-devel tiff-devel"
+build_style=meson
+configure_args="-Dgir=$(vopt_if gir true false) -Djasper=false
+ -Dpng=true -Dx11=true -Dinstalled_tests=false"
+hostmakedepends="gettext-devel glib-devel pkg-config
+ $(vopt_if gir 'gobject-introspection') libxslt docbook-xsl"
+makedepends="libX11-devel libglib-devel libpng-devel tiff-devel
+ shared-mime-info"
 short_desc="Image loading library for The GTK+ toolkit (v2)"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
-homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GdkPixbuf"
 license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
+homepage="https://wiki.gnome.org/Projects/GdkPixbuf"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/${pkgname}/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=fff85cf48223ab60e3c3c8318e2087131b590fd6f1737e42cb3759a3b427a334
+checksum=dd50973c7757bcde15de6bcd3a6d462a445efd552604ae6435a0532fbbadae47
 
 # Package build options
 build_options="gir"
 
 # Disable gir for cross builds.
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" gdk-pixbuf-devel"
+else
 	build_options_default="gir"
 fi
 
 pre_configure() {
-	sed -i '/SUBDIRS/s/tests//' Makefile.am
-	autoreconf -fi
-	# Can't create loaders.cache with cross compiled modules
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		touch gdk-pixbuf/loaders.cache
 	fi
+	sed -i "s|subdir('tests')||g" -i meson.build
 }
 
 gdk-pixbuf-xlib_package() {
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ gdk-pixbuf-xlib_package() {
 		vmove usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf_xlib*.so.*
 	}
 }
+
 gdk-pixbuf-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-xlib>=${version}_${revision} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
@@ -50,6 +52,5 @@ gdk-pixbuf-devel_package() {
 		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
 			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
 		fi
-		vmove usr/share/gtk-doc
 	}
 }