diff --git a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
index 794bdcd8a04..4b1f41bda35 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libsoup/template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pkgname=libsoup
 version=2.52.1
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-static $(vopt_enable gir introspection)"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel libtool automake gettext-devel vala $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
+configure_args="--disable-static $(vopt_if gir '--enable-introspection --enable-vala' '--disable-introspection --disable-vala')"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool glib-devel libtool automake gettext-devel $(vopt_if gir 'gobject-introspection vala-devel')"
 makedepends="libglib-devel libxml2-devel sqlite-devel glib-networking"
 depends="glib-networking"
 short_desc="HTTP library implementation in C"