diff --git a/srcpkgs/rest/template b/srcpkgs/rest/template
index f9209fee1b3..926f8d20436 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rest/template
@@ -3,8 +3,9 @@ pkgname=rest
 version=0.7.92
 revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static --with-ca-certificates=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
-hostmakedepends="automake perl m4 libtool pkg-config glib-devel"
+configure_args="$(vopt_enable gir introspection) --disable-static
+ --with-ca-certificates=/etc/ssl/certs/ca-certificates.crt"
+hostmakedepends="automake perl m4 libtool pkg-config glib-devel gobject-introspection"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libsoup-gnome-devel>=2.46 libxml2-devel ca-certificates"
 depends="ca-certificates"
 short_desc="RESTful library"
@@ -21,15 +22,8 @@ if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	build_options_default="gir"
 fi
 
-if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" --enable-introspection"
-	makedepends+=" gobject-introspection"
-else
-	configure_args+=" --disable-introspection"
-fi
-
 pre_configure() {
-	libtoolize -f
+	autoreconf -fi
 }
 
 rest-devel_package() {