diff --git a/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk b/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk
index c18a1f17d3..35b6669469 100644
--- a/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk
+++ b/package/gobject-introspection/gobject-introspection.mk
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ HOST_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_DEPENDENCIES = \
 GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_NINJA_ENV += \
 	CC="$(TARGET_CC)"
 
-# Disable introspection data on the host, as it is not needed and
-# the package will attempt to use the systems libglib2 which will fail
-# if the systems libglib2 version is older than 2.60.
-HOST_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_CONF_OPTS = \
-	-Dbuild_introspection_data=false
+# When building, gobject-introspection uses tools/g-ir-scanner to build several
+# .gir and .typelib files. g-ir-scanner does not use LDFLAGS, and by default,
+# links to the system-installed libglib2 path. To remedy this issue, defining
+# LD_LIBRARY_PATH forces g-ir-scanner to use our host installed libglib2 files.
+HOST_GOBJECT_INTROSPECTION_NINJA_ENV += \
+	LD_LIBRARY_PATH="$(if $(LD_LIBRARY_PATH),$(LD_LIBRARY_PATH):)$(HOST_DIR)/lib"
 
 # Use the host gi-scanner to prevent the scanner from generating incorrect
 # elf classes.