diff --git a/package/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper.in b/package/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper.in
index 85f0750b4d..9786feea40 100644
--- a/package/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper.in
+++ b/package/gobject-introspection/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper.in
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ GOI_LIBRARY_PATH="${GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH:+${GIR_EXTRA_LIBS_PATH}:}.libs:$(dirname
 # which may then get deleted (or their dependencies) and potentially segfault
 GIO_MODULE_DIR="$(dirname "$0")/../lib/gio/modules-dummy" \
 @QEMU_USER@ -r @TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_VERSION@ \
+    @QEMU_USERMODE_ARGS@ \
     -L "$(dirname "$0")/../../" \
     -E LD_LIBRARY_PATH="${GOI_LIBRARY_PATH}" \
     "$@"
diff --git a/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk b/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk
index f34dca7278..6a3d321cc7 100644
--- a/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk
+++ b/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk
@@ -84,6 +84,8 @@ define GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_INSTALL_PRE_WRAPPERS
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper
 	$(SED) "s%@QEMU_USER@%$(QEMU_USER)%g" \
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper
+	$(SED) "s%@QEMU_USERMODE_ARGS@%$(call qstrip,$(BR2_PACKAGE_HOST_QEMU_USER_MODE_ARGS))%g" \
+		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper
 	$(SED) "s%@TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_VERSION@%$(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HEADERS_AT_LEAST)%g" \
 		$(STAGING_DIR)/usr/bin/g-ir-scanner-qemuwrapper