diff --git a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
index 5db27601f2..bcefa740fe 100644
--- a/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
+++ b/packages/devel/glib/package.mk
@@ -35,4 +35,7 @@ post_makeinstall_target() {
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/glib-2.0
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/lib/installed-tests
   rm -rf ${INSTALL}/usr/share
+
+  # glib binaries must be executed from toolchain
+  sed -e "s#bindir=\${prefix}/bin#bindir=${TOOLCHAIN}/bin#" -i "${SYSROOT_PREFIX}/usr/lib/pkgconfig/"{gio,glib}-2.0.pc
 }