diff --git a/x11-packages/mate-menus/build.sh b/x11-packages/mate-menus/build.sh
index db736d154e..57e272219f 100644
--- a/x11-packages/mate-menus/build.sh
+++ b/x11-packages/mate-menus/build.sh
@@ -7,3 +7,12 @@ TERMUX_PKG_REVISION=4
 TERMUX_PKG_SRCURL=https://github.com/mate-desktop/mate-menus/releases/download/v$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION/mate-menus-$TERMUX_PKG_VERSION.tar.xz
 TERMUX_PKG_SHA256=b3f34c34a75388a3ab710f75469e7f70803beba2329ea91142da4f70154f67ac
 TERMUX_PKG_DEPENDS="glib"
+TERMUX_PKG_BUILD_DEPENDS="g-ir-scanner"
+TERMUX_PKG_DISABLE_GIR=true
+TERMUX_PKG_EXTRA_CONFIGURE_ARGS="
+--enable-introspection=yes
+"
+
+termux_step_pre_configure() {
+	termux_setup_gir
+}