diff --git a/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template b/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template
index dc3756f5456..976861fcc2f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/NetworkManager/template
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ hostmakedepends="
  $(vopt_if gir gobject-introspection)"
 makedepends="libuuid-devel gnutls-devel dbus-glib-devel libgudev-devel
  libnl3-devel polkit-devel ppp-devel iptables-devel libsoup-devel
- ModemManager-devel readline-devel libndp-devel newt-devel"
+ ModemManager-devel readline-devel libndp-devel newt-devel
+ $(vopt_if gir libgirepository-devel)"
 
 lib32disabled=yes
 depends="dbus iproute2 dhclient wpa_supplicant openresolv"
@@ -40,7 +41,7 @@ make_dirs="
  /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/pre-down.d 0750 root root
 "
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
-*-musl) CFLAGS+="-DHAVE_SECURE_GETENV -Dsecure_getenv=getenv -D__USE_POSIX199309"
+*-musl) CFLAGS+=" -DHAVE_SECURE_GETENV -Dsecure_getenv=getenv -D__USE_POSIX199309"
 	;;
 esac