diff --git a/extra/meson/0001-gnome-Always-pass-absolute-L-paths-to-g-ir-scanner.patch b/extra/meson/0001-gnome-Always-pass-absolute-L-paths-to-g-ir-scanner.patch
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..aab06445a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extra/meson/0001-gnome-Always-pass-absolute-L-paths-to-g-ir-scanner.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+From 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Nirbheek Chauhan <nirbheek@centricular.com>
+Date: Wed, 14 Jul 2021 17:37:39 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] gnome: Always pass absolute -L paths to g-ir-scanner
+
+g-ir-scanner does not convert relative -L paths to runtime paths which
+are added to -Wl,-rpath and LD_LIBRARY_PATH / DYLD_LIBRARY_PATH
+/ PATH. This means that the local library will either not be found at
+runtime (while building introspection data), or the system-wide
+library will be picked instead.
+
+See: giscanner/ccompiler.py:get_internal_link_flags() in
+gobject-introspection for more details.
+---
+ mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py | 8 ++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
+index 1b68f6ccd..3cc8ebdc8 100644
+--- a/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
++++ b/mesonbuild/modules/gnome.py
+@@ -640,14 +640,18 @@ class GnomeModule(ExtensionModule):
+                 # Because of https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/merge_requests/72
+                 # we can't use the full path until this is merged.
+                 libpath = os.path.join(girtarget.get_subdir(), girtarget.get_filename())
++                # Must use absolute paths here because g-ir-scanner will not
++                # add them to the runtime path list if they're relative. This
++                # means we cannot use @BUILD_ROOT@
++                build_root = state.environment.get_build_dir()
+                 if isinstance(girtarget, build.SharedLibrary):
+                     # need to put our output directory first as we need to use the
+                     # generated libraries instead of any possibly installed system/prefix
+                     # ones.
+-                    ret += ["-L@BUILD_ROOT@/{}".format(os.path.dirname(libpath))]
++                    ret += ["-L{}/{}".format(build_root, os.path.dirname(libpath))]
+                     libname = girtarget.get_basename()
+                 else:
+-                    libname = os.path.join(f"@BUILD_ROOT@/{libpath}")
++                    libname = os.path.join(f"{build_root}/{libpath}")
+                 ret += ['--library', libname]
+                 # Needed for the following binutils bug:
+                 # https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/issues/1911
diff --git a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
index 61f7029f1..2e4a772ef 100644
--- a/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
+++ b/extra/meson/PKGBUILD
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 pkgname=meson
 pkgver=0.58.1
-pkgrel=1
+pkgrel=2
 pkgdesc='High productivity build system'
 url='https://mesonbuild.com/'
 arch=('any')
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ checkdepends=('gcc-objc' 'vala' 'rust' 'gcc-fortran' 'mono' 'boost' 'qt5-base' '
               'libwmf' 'valgrind' 'cmake' 'netcdf-fortran' 'openmpi' 'nasm' 'gnustep-base' 'libelf'
               'python-pytest-xdist' 'python2-setuptools' 'ldc' 'rust-bindgen' 'cuda' 'hotdoc')
 source=(https://github.com/mesonbuild/meson/releases/download/${pkgver/rc/.rc}/meson-${pkgver}.tar.gz{,.asc}
+        0001-gnome-Always-pass-absolute-L-paths-to-g-ir-scanner.patch
         skip-test.diff
         arch-meson)
 sha512sums=('64ac1a9bcc642fb6d37c4b677d8b7db16d821f852f927a980d3fb1c149d680b7ff2c8d03676c6772666d46a33b6ce8674220433d302fcd92d13d9818558d6453'
             'SKIP'
+            '82b7d3866d327ec05efea2e16097b04a3fd99e0f7de522e4911df3d44f0e6f36c8293d2366fcab2b7a0107eed58ec61c808a87688d2b7d28902f2a355f5c5a91'
             'a40e3be7a4ea7048cbbab59d28fb355debdfcdc5e45244aad65ab57fa222f4a2cf3165f28cc7e1dba893a162de9c7563ef0e155fa6a77960c4d02ef622313ace'
             '278f5e4de3aa1170d9b4f9f212985d664f44d90ffec727febeeea1ed570046c6469558a5d123a41bf4c2fdf99dbe7832515b06f1ace423c63e2e95ba6d0ef235')
 validpgpkeys=('19E2D6D9B46D8DAA6288F877C24E631BABB1FE70') # Jussi Pakkanen <jpakkane@gmail.com>
@@ -31,6 +33,9 @@ validpgpkeys=('19E2D6D9B46D8DAA6288F877C24E631BABB1FE70') # Jussi Pakkanen <jpak
 prepare() {
   cd ${pkgname}-${pkgver}
 
+  # Fix introspecting libraries that are also installed
+  patch -Np1 -i ../0001-gnome-Always-pass-absolute-L-paths-to-g-ir-scanner.patch
+
   # Our containers do not allow sanitizers to run
   patch -Np1 -i ../skip-test.diff
 }