diff --git a/overlays/cross.nix b/overlays/cross.nix
index d89f7bdcd..f30ae6132 100644
--- a/overlays/cross.nix
+++ b/overlays/cross.nix
@@ -562,6 +562,18 @@ in {
     };
   });
 
+  flare-signal-nixified = prev.flare-signal-nixified.override {
+    # N.B. blueprint-compiler is in nativeBuildInputs.
+    # the trick here is to force the aarch64 versions to be used during build (via emulation).
+    # blueprint-compiler override shared with tangram.
+    blueprint-compiler = buildInQemu (final.blueprint-compiler.overrideAttrs (_: {
+      # default is to propagate gobject-introspection *as a buildInput*, when it's supposed to be native.
+      propagatedBuildInputs = [];
+      # "Namespace Gtk not available"
+      doCheck = false;
+    }));
+  };
+
   # 2023/07/31: upstreaming is blocked on ostree dep
   flatpak = prev.flatpak.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
     # fixes "No package 'libxml-2.0' found"
@@ -1958,8 +1970,9 @@ in {
   # };
   tangram = (prev.tangram.override {
     # N.B. blueprint-compiler is in nativeBuildInputs.
-    # the trick here is to force the aarch64 versions to be used during build (via emulation),
-    blueprint-compiler = buildInQemu (final.blueprint-compiler.overrideAttrs (upstream: {
+    # the trick here is to force the aarch64 versions to be used during build (via emulation).
+    # blueprint-compiler override shared with flare-signal-nixified.
+    blueprint-compiler = buildInQemu (final.blueprint-compiler.overrideAttrs (_: {
       # default is to propagate gobject-introspection *as a buildInput*, when it's supposed to be native.
       propagatedBuildInputs = [];
       # "Namespace Gtk not available"
diff --git a/pkgs/additional/flare-signal-nixified/default.nix b/pkgs/additional/flare-signal-nixified/default.nix
index bc287c5f0..c12a5c9c4 100644
--- a/pkgs/additional/flare-signal-nixified/default.nix
+++ b/pkgs/additional/flare-signal-nixified/default.nix
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # - `sed -i 's/target."curve25519_dalek_backend"/target."curve25519_dalek_backend" or ""/g' Cargo.nix`
 #
 # the generated Cargo.nix points to an impure source (~/ref/...), but that's resolved by overriding `src` below
-{ stdenv
+{ lib
 , appstream-glib
 , blueprint-compiler
 , desktop-file-utils
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
 , flare-signal
 , gdk-pixbuf
 , glib
+, gobject-introspection
 , gst_all_1
 , gtk4
 , gtksourceview5
@@ -22,7 +23,10 @@
 , pkg-config
 , pkgs
 , protobuf
+, rust
+, stdenv
 , wrapGAppsHook4
+, writeText
 }:
 let
   cargoNix = import ./Cargo.nix {
@@ -87,6 +91,7 @@ let
           appstream-glib # for appstream-util
           blueprint-compiler
           desktop-file-utils # for update-desktop-database
+          gobject-introspection
           meson
           ninja
           pkg-config
@@ -107,6 +112,18 @@ let
           gst_all_1.gst-plugins-bad
         ];
 
+        mesonFlags = let
+          # this gets meson to shutup about rustc not producing executables.
+          # kinda silly though, since we patch out the actual cargo (rustc) invocations.
+          crossFile = writeText "cross-file.conf" ''
+          [binaries]
+          rust = [ 'rustc', '--target', '${rust.toRustTargetSpec stdenv.hostPlatform}' ]
+        '';
+        in
+          lib.optionals (stdenv.hostPlatform != stdenv.buildPlatform) [
+            "--cross-file=${crossFile}"
+          ];
+
         # patch so meson will invoke our `crate2nix_cmd.sh` instead of cargo
         postPatch = ''
           substituteInPlace src/meson.build \