diff --git a/srcpkgs/i3ipc-glib/template b/srcpkgs/i3ipc-glib/template
index 2dce9ca5999..19c4ce64ae8 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/i3ipc-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/i3ipc-glib/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template file for 'i3ipc-glib'
 pkgname=i3ipc-glib
 version=0.6.0
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
+build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="$(vopt_enable gir introspection) --disable-static"
 hostmakedepends="autoconf automake libtool gtk-doc pkg-config glib-devel
  gobject-introspection"
@@ -15,9 +16,12 @@ distfiles="https://github.com/acrisci/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=13796add0292885683040a01ae974f4aacfdb44e3d1ab871d2d94da443489415
 
 build_options="gir"
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	build_options_default="gir"
-fi
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	x86_64-musl) build_options_default+=" gir" ;;
+	*-musl) ;;
+	*) build_options_default+=" gir" ;;
+esac
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
@@ -25,11 +29,11 @@ pre_configure() {
 
 i3ipc-glib-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"
-	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
+	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} libglib-devel json-glib-devel"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/include
+		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/lib/*.so
 		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
 			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
 		fi