diff --git a/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template b/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template
index 717be24f209..e55fe3fafa4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libaccounts-glib/template
@@ -4,16 +4,24 @@ version=1.24
 revision=2
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-VERSION_${version}-8948717702424ce15f4e23e5db2c8ce0799ec120"
 build_style=meson
-hostmakedepends="gtk-doc pkg-config glib-devel gobject-introspection vala"
-makedepends="sqlite-devel libxml2-devel libglib-devel python3-gobject-devel
- check-devel"
+build_helper="gir"
+hostmakedepends="gtk-doc pkg-config python3-gobject-devel glib-devel gobject-introspection
+ vala"
+makedepends="sqlite-devel libxml2-devel libglib-devel python3-gobject-devel check-devel"
 short_desc="GLib-based client library for the accounts database"
 maintainer="John Rowley <enterthevoid@codesector.co>"
 license="LGPL-2.1-only"
 homepage="https://gitlab.com/accounts-sso/libaccounts-glib"
 distfiles="https://gitlab.com/accounts-sso/${pkgname}/repository/archive.tar.gz?ref=VERSION_${version}>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b0c52ddbd0305a37395890c61ec9ca9b389a3ee923a4364640205cf798a92f56
-nocross="Hard depends on both gobject-introspection & python-gobject"
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# Remove docs. During install of package, it will try
+	# to run target binary with host, which causes exec error
+		pre_build() {
+			vsed -e '/docs/d' -i meson.build
+		}
+fi
 
 libaccounts-glib-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"