diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgepub/template b/srcpkgs/libgepub/template
index ecbcc658e60..f294afa6755 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgepub/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgepub/template
@@ -16,7 +16,12 @@ checksum=c78a395cc1d9c57b4485958ed83ffb96ed442750cfafa7797dd6d986b9f7b399
 
 # Package build options
 build_options="gir"
-build_options_default="gir"
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	arm*-musl) # cannot build w/ gir until #11426 is solved
+		;;
+	*)	build_options_default="gir"
+		;;
+esac
 
 libgepub-devel_package() {
 	depends="libarchive-devel libglib-devel libsoup-devel libxml2-devel