--- a/girepository/gitypelib.c.orig
+++ b/girepository/gitypelib.c
@@ -2296,7 +2296,22 @@ _g_typelib_do_dlopen (GITypelib *typelib)
         {
           GModule *module;
 
+          /* 'gobject-introspection' doesn't store the path of shared
+             libraries into '.typelib' and '.gir' files.  Shared
+             libraries are searched for in the dynamic linker search
+             path.  In Guix we patch 'gobject-introspection' such that
+             it stores the absolute path of shared libraries in
+             '.typelib' and '.gir' files.  Here, in order to minimize
+             side effects, we make sure that if the library is not
+             found at the indicated path location, we try with just
+             the basename and the system dynamic library
+             infrastructure, as per default behaviour of the
+             library. */
           module = load_one_shared_library (shlibs[i]);
+          if (module == NULL && g_path_is_absolute (shlibs[i]))
+            {
+              module = load_one_shared_library (g_basename(shlibs[i]));
+            }
 
           if (module == NULL)
             {
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