diff --git a/srcpkgs/udisks2/template b/srcpkgs/udisks2/template
index 9d4f6f86991..7edfbea109a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/udisks2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/udisks2/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=2.8.2
 revision=2
 wrksrc="udisks-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
+build_helper="gir"
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-udevdir=/usr/lib/udev
  --enable-compile-warnings=minimum --enable-lvm2 --enable-btrfs
  --enable-lvmcache --enable-zram $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"