--- configure
+++ configure
@@ -25304,6 +25304,7 @@
 	LDFLAGS_orig="$LDFLAGS"
 	LIBS="$G_MODULE_LIBS $LIBS"
 	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $G_MODULE_LDFLAGS"
+if test "$cross_compiling" != yes; then
 	echo "void glib_plugin_test(void) { }" > plugin.c
 	${SHELL} ./libtool --mode=compile --tag=CC ${CC} ${CFLAGS} \
 		${CPPFLAGS} -c -o plugin.lo plugin.c >/dev/null 2>&1
@@ -25312,6 +25313,7 @@
 		-shrext ".o" -avoid-version plugin.lo \
 		-rpath /dont/care >/dev/null 2>&1
 	eval `./libtool --config | grep ^objdir`
+fi
 	{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness" >&5
 $as_echo_n "checking for RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness... " >&6; }
 if ${glib_cv_rtldglobal_broken+:} false; then :