1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass b/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass
index 2ef684626a..d90cdb4839 100644
--- a/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes/gobject-introspection-data.bbclass
@@ -5,3 +5,8 @@
 # so that qemu use can be avoided when necessary.
 GI_DATA_ENABLED ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'gobject-introspection-data', \
                       bb.utils.contains('MACHINE_FEATURES', 'qemu-usermode', 'True', 'False', d), 'False', d)}"
+
+do_compile:prepend() {
+    # This prevents g-ir-scanner from writing cache data to $HOME
+    export GI_SCANNER_DISABLE_CACHE=1
+}