# Fix library search path on non-/usr/local installs (e.g. Apple Silicon)
# See: https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/issues/75020
#      https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject-introspection/-/merge_requests/273`
--- girepository/gitypelib.c.orig
+++ girepository/gitypelib.c
@@ -2261,6 +2261,22 @@ load_one_shared_library (const char *shlib)
 {
   GSList *p;
   GModule *m;
+#ifdef EXTRA_LIBRARY_PATHS
+  static gsize extra_libs_initialized = 0;
+
+  if (g_once_init_enter (&extra_libs_initialized))
+    {
+      gchar **paths = g_strsplit(EXTRA_LIBRARY_PATHS, G_SEARCHPATH_SEPARATOR_S, 0);
+      gint i;
+      gsize initialized = 1;
+      for (i = g_strv_length(paths) - 1 ; i >= 0 ; i--)
+        {
+          g_irepository_prepend_library_path(paths[i]);
+	      }
+      g_strfreev(paths);
+      g_once_init_leave (&extra_libs_initialized, initialized);
+    }
+#endif
 
 #ifdef __APPLE__
   /* On macOS, @-prefixed shlib paths (@rpath, @executable_path, @loader_path)
--- meson.build.orig
+++ meson.build
@@ -222,6 +222,10 @@ if host_system in ['windows', 'cygwin']
   g_ir_scanner_env.prepend(var, gio_dep.get_variable('giomoduledir'))
 endif
 
+if get_option('extra_library_paths') != ''
+  config.set_quoted('EXTRA_LIBRARY_PATHS', get_option('extra_library_paths'))
+endif
+
 configure_file(
   configuration: config,
   output: 'config.h'
--- meson_options.txt.orig
+++ meson_options.txt
@@ -49,3 +49,7 @@ option('gi_cross_pkgconfig_sysroot_path', type: 'string',
 option('tests', type: 'boolean', value: true,
   description: 'Build and run tests'
 )
+
+option('extra_library_paths', type: 'string',
+  description: 'A list of file paths, joined together using the searchpath separator character, that will be used to search for shared libraries'
+)