diff --git a/srcpkgs/libostree/template b/srcpkgs/libostree/template
index fc27bc06d5e..da3d8805586 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libostree/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libostree/template
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'libostree'
 pkgname=libostree
-version=2018.8
-revision=3
+version=2018.9
+revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-builtin-grub2-mkconfig --with-openssl"
+configure_args="--with-builtin-grub2-mkconfig --with-openssl
+ $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
 hostmakedepends="bison docbook-xsl glib-devel libxslt pkg-config"
 makedepends="e2fsprogs-devel fuse-devel glib-devel gpgme-devel libarchive-devel
- libsoup-devel"
+ libsoup-devel $(vopt_if gir 'gobject-introspection')"
 checkdepends="attr-progs cpio elfutils python3-yaml"
 short_desc="Operating system and container binary deployment and upgrades"
 maintainer="Duncaen <duncaen@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -14,7 +15,12 @@ license="LGPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://ostree.readthedocs.io/en/latest/"
 changelog="https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/releases"
 distfiles="https://github.com/ostreedev/ostree/releases/download/v${version}/libostree-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=beef6debb0065bf1dc7538cd036c5f0348ac102ca4ad6d8651feff146130a844
+checksum=9a3c17af133e6d381bb997473c6371ef8f048c1cfb6bd0acdb5662ede712aa5a
+
+build_options="gir"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="gir"
+fi
 
 post_install() {
 	vinstall bash/ostree 644 usr/share/bash-completion/completions
@@ -27,5 +33,8 @@ libostree-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
 	}
 }