diff --git a/srcpkgs/valabind/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/valabind/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..021c1b556bd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/valabind/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- meson.build
++++ meson.build
+@@ -26,7 +26,8 @@ libvala_dep = dependency('libvala-@0@'.format(libvala_version))
+ glib_dep = dependency('glib-2.0')
+ gobject_dep = dependency('gobject-2.0')
+ 
+-valaccodegen_dep = cc.find_library('valaccodegen', dirs : [libvala_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkglibdir')])
++cc_sysroot = run_command(cc.cmd_array()[0], '-print-sysroot').stdout().strip()
++valaccodegen_dep = cc.find_library('valaccodegen', dirs : [cc_sysroot + libvala_dep.get_pkgconfig_variable('pkglibdir')])
+ 
+ executable(
+   'valabind',
diff --git a/srcpkgs/valabind/template b/srcpkgs/valabind/template
index 76bd156b8bd..c79c969ab9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/valabind/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/valabind/template
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'valabind'
 pkgname=valabind
 version=1.7.1
-revision=1
-build_style=gnu-makefile
+revision=2
+build_style=meson
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config vala-devel git"
 makedepends="vala-devel glib-devel"
 depends="vala-devel>=0.26"
@@ -12,5 +12,3 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http:s//radare.org/r/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/radare/valabind/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b463b18419de656e218855a2f30a71051f03a9c4540254b4ceaea475fb79102e
-
-nocross="Unknown option -lvalaccodegen"