diff --git a/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template b/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template
index 2372c3cbe2a..b429b63212b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libvirt-glib/template
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
+	sed -i "s,@PYTHON_INCLUDES@,${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7," python/Makefile.in
 }
 
 libvirt-glib-devel_package() {