diff --git a/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk b/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
index a312198bba..5c1fca3fd9 100644
--- a/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
+++ b/package/json-glib/json-glib.mk
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ JSON_GLIB_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pkgconf \
 	libglib2
 
+JSON_GLIB_CONF_OPTS = -Dintrospection=false
+
 JSON_GLIB_LDFLAGS = $(TARGET_LDFLAGS) $(TARGET_NLS_LIBS)
 
 $(eval $(meson-package))