diff --git a/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection.bbclass b/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection.bbclass
index a323c1f..4ceb0c6 100644
--- a/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection.bbclass
+++ b/poky/meta/classes/gobject-introspection.bbclass
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 DEPENDS_append_class-nativesdk = " gobject-introspection-native"
 
 # This is used by introspection tools to find .gir includes
-export XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${STAGING_DATADIR}"
+export XDG_DATA_DIRS = "${STAGING_DATADIR}:${STAGING_LIBDIR}"
 
 do_configure_prepend_class-target () {
     # introspection.m4 pre-packaged with upstream tarballs does not yet