diff --git a/srcpkgs/libostree/template b/srcpkgs/libostree/template
index a9027783947..80337480293 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libostree/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libostree/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'libostree'
 pkgname=libostree
 version=2019.1
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--with-builtin-grub2-mkconfig --with-openssl
  $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
 hostmakedepends="bison docbook-xsl glib-devel libxslt pkg-config"
@@ -18,9 +19,7 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/releases/download/v${version}/lib
 checksum=15f734e7c65875f62c967b9937894704354a11927e92a91cb5ad8041bbb6c723
 
 build_options="gir"
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	build_options_default="gir"
-fi
+build_options_default="gir"
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall bash/ostree 644 usr/share/bash-completion/completions