diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.80.5-r1.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.80.5-r1.ebuild
index 29b3166bf27a5..a9a914f46ba85 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.80.5-r1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.80.5-r1.ebuild
@@ -242,6 +242,18 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			return 0
 		fi
 
+		# Do we somehow have a dev-libs/gobject-introspection installed
+		# with an unsatisfied dependency? (bug #951487)
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
+		# Make sure has_version didn't lie to us while at it as well,
+		# given bug #951487.
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version=${INTROSPECTION__PV} gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
 		return 1
 	}
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.82.5.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.82.5.ebuild
index 25e56d954a0a4..e27052e7d170f 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.82.5.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.82.5.ebuild
@@ -230,6 +230,18 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			return 0
 		fi
 
+		# Do we somehow have a dev-libs/gobject-introspection installed
+		# with an unsatisfied dependency? (bug #951487)
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
+		# Make sure has_version didn't lie to us while at it as well,
+		# given bug #951487.
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version=${INTROSPECTION__PV} gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
 		return 1
 	}
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.0.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.0.ebuild
index 0324bbf012be0..940fdfbdeabed 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.0.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.0.ebuild
@@ -234,6 +234,18 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			return 0
 		fi
 
+		# Do we somehow have a dev-libs/gobject-introspection installed
+		# with an unsatisfied dependency? (bug #951487)
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
+		# Make sure has_version didn't lie to us while at it as well,
+		# given bug #951487.
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version=${INTROSPECTION__PV} gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
 		return 1
 	}
 
diff --git a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.1.ebuild b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.1.ebuild
index 5584e992e9414..dd8cd776ccfbd 100644
--- a/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.1.ebuild
+++ b/dev-libs/glib/glib-2.84.1.ebuild
@@ -235,6 +235,18 @@ multilib_src_configure() {
 			return 0
 		fi
 
+		# Do we somehow have a dev-libs/gobject-introspection installed
+		# with an unsatisfied dependency? (bug #951487)
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --cflags gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
+		# Make sure has_version didn't lie to us while at it as well,
+		# given bug #951487.
+		if ! $(tc-getPKG_CONFIG) --atleast-version=${INTROSPECTION__PV} gobject-introspection-1.0 &> /dev/null ; then
+			return 0
+		fi
+
 		return 1
 	}