diff --git a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
index 08ac8c202d3..aceb2ceda96 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cinnamon-desktop/template
@@ -15,6 +15,11 @@ homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a004790f46d1960592f9462cbf6d394d9a5c66b31bb13cc295ed8acb1135924a
 
+build_options="gir"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="gir"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }
@@ -26,6 +31,8 @@ cinnamon-desktop-devel_package() {
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
-		vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
 	}
 }