diff -uNr glib-2.28.0.orig//configure.ac glib-2.28.0/configure.ac
--- glib-2.28.0.orig//configure.ac	2011-02-08 05:53:25.000000000 +0100
+++ glib-2.28.0/configure.ac	2011-02-15 15:07:54.683976837 +0100
@@ -1378,7 +1378,7 @@
   G_MODULE_LDFLAGS=
 else
   export SED
-  G_MODULE_LDFLAGS=`(./libtool --config; echo eval echo \\$export_dynamic_flag_spec) | sh`
+  G_MODULE_LDFLAGS=`($host_alias-libtool --config; echo eval echo \\$export_dynamic_flag_spec) | sh`
 fi
 dnl G_MODULE_IMPL= don't reset, so cmd-line can override
 G_MODULE_NEED_USCORE=0
@@ -1443,7 +1443,7 @@
 	LDFLAGS="$LDFLAGS $G_MODULE_LDFLAGS"
 dnl *** check for OSF1/5.0 RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness
 	echo "void glib_plugin_test(void) { }" > plugin.c
-	${SHELL} ./libtool --mode=compile ${CC} -shared \
+	${SHELL} $host_alias-libtool --mode=compile ${CC} -shared \
 		-export-dynamic -o plugin.o plugin.c 2>&1 >/dev/null
 	AC_CACHE_CHECK([for RTLD_GLOBAL brokenness],
 		glib_cv_rtldglobal_broken,[
@@ -1517,7 +1517,7 @@
 
 AC_MSG_CHECKING(for the suffix of module shared libraries)
 export SED
-shrext_cmds=`./libtool --config | grep '^shrext_cmds='`
+shrext_cmds=`$host_alias-libtool --config | grep '^shrext_cmds='`
 eval $shrext_cmds
 module=yes eval std_shrext=$shrext_cmds
 # chop the initial dot