diff --git a/common/shlibs b/common/shlibs
index bccb7bd5d63..d3eb8d5b154 100644
--- a/common/shlibs
+++ b/common/shlibs
@@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ libtelepathy-farstream.so.3 telepathy-farstream-0.6.0_6
 libnetpbm.so.11 libnetpbm-10.66.03_2
 libid3.so id3lib-3.8.3_1
 libid3-3.8.so.3 id3lib-3.8.3_1
-libgirara-gtk3.so.2 girara-0.2.4_1
+libgirara-gtk3.so.3 girara-0.2.8_1
 libjq.so.1 jq-devel-1.4_1
 libcrypto.so.37 libcrypto37-2.3.3_1
 libcrypto.so.38 libcrypto38-2.4.2_1
diff --git a/srcpkgs/girara/template b/srcpkgs/girara/template
index 0ffc6470552..affdd291a78 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/girara/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/girara/template
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Template file for 'girara'
 pkgname=girara
-version=0.2.7
+version=0.2.8
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
 # COLOR=0 to avoid "tput not found" spam in the build output
@@ -8,12 +8,16 @@ make_build_args="COLOR=0"
 make_install_args="COLOR=0"
 maintainer="lemmi <lemmi@nerd2nerd.org>"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool"
-makedepends="gtk+3-devel libnotify-devel"
+makedepends="gtk+3-devel libnotify-devel glib-devel"
 license="zlib"
 homepage="http://pwmt.org/projects/girara/"
 short_desc="A library implementing a user interface that focuses on minimalism"
 distfiles="http://pwmt.org/projects/${pkgname}/download/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=98e6a343298ae46869c990bc6e0732555e19af2e386cdc1a911f109b1c5c32e5
+checksum=285905e35375ecbdfe418c6b7735e373d780f76a5b6c90c08db28da9f4d09aa3
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" glib-devel"
+fi
 
 pre_build() {
 	sed -i 's/^\(CFLAGS *+=\)/override \1/' config.mk