diff --git a/package/vala/vala.mk b/package/vala/vala.mk
index b8a69f8c5e..95365faf18 100644
--- a/package/vala/vala.mk
+++ b/package/vala/vala.mk
@@ -17,16 +17,19 @@ HOST_VALA_DEPENDENCIES = host-bison host-flex host-libglib2
 HOST_VALA_CONF_ENV = ac_cv_path_XSLTPROC=:
 HOST_VALA_CONF_OPTS += --disable-valadoc
 
-# We wrap vala & valac to point to the proper gir and vapi data dirs
+# We wrap vala, valac and vapigen to point to the proper gir and vapi data dirs
 # Otherwise we'll get host directory data which isn't enough
 define HOST_VALA_INSTALL_WRAPPER
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/vala/vala-wrapper \
 		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/vala
 	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/vala/vala-wrapper \
 		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/valac
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 package/vala/vala-wrapper \
+		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/vapigen
 	$(SED) 's,@VALA_VERSION@,$(VALA_VERSION_MAJOR),' \
 		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/vala \
-		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/valac
+		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/valac \
+		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/vapigen
 endef
 HOST_VALA_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_VALA_INSTALL_WRAPPER