diff --git a/srcpkgs/nemo/patches/fix-cross-build.patch b/srcpkgs/nemo/patches/fix-cross-build.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0b73a1e6874
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/nemo/patches/fix-cross-build.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2015-11-09 08:29:19.285934417 +0100
++++ configure.ac	2015-11-09 08:29:23.950934068 +0100
+@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ dnl ====================================
+ 
+ dnl strftime checks
+ 
+-AC_TRY_RUN([#include <time.h>
++AC_TRY_COMPILE([#include <time.h>
+                 int main ()
+                 {
+                   char buf[100];
diff --git a/srcpkgs/nemo/template b/srcpkgs/nemo/template
index b581c1d0fb2..e9af9697e2c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nemo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nemo/template
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ homepage="http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/linuxmint/${pkgname}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=f22687b1556d328c9300aacb3bbd5b4b0a491221dacd979c421b96df85b51189
 
+build_options="gir"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default+=" gir"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	# Fix build
 	sed -i '/AC_SUBST(DISABLE_DEPRECATED_CFLAGS)/d' configure.ac
@@ -41,6 +46,8 @@ nemo-devel_package() {
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		if [ "$build_option_gir" ]; then
+			vmove usr/share/gir-1.0
+		fi
 	}
 }