--- glib-2.62.3.orig/gio/tests/meson.build
+++ glib-2.62.3/gio/tests/meson.build
@@ -579,7 +579,7 @@
   # LLVM once that support is in a stable release.
   objcopy = find_program('objcopy', required : false)
 
-  if build_machine.system() == 'linux' and cc.get_id() == 'gcc' and objcopy.found()
+  if build_machine.system() == 'linux' and cc.get_id() == 'gcc' and objcopy.found() and not build_machine.cpu_family().startswith('mips')
     test_gresource_binary = custom_target('test5.gresource',
       input : 'test5.gresource.xml',
       output : 'test5.gresource',