diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0/relocate-modules.patch b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0/relocate-modules.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f9e3f3dbaa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0/relocate-modules.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+Instead of hard-coding GIO_MODULE_PATH when glib is built, use dladdr() to
+determine where libglib.so is and use that path to calculate GIO_MODULES_DIR.
+
+This solves relocation problems with GIOModule for native builds of glib.
+
+Upstream-Status: Inappropriate
+Signed-off-by: Ross Burton <ross.burton@intel.com>
+
+diff --git a/gio/giomodule.c b/gio/giomodule.c
+index 56c498c..a2e32b7 100644
+--- a/gio/giomodule.c
++++ b/gio/giomodule.c
+@@ -47,6 +47,27 @@
+ #include "gdesktopappinfo.h"
+ #endif
+ 
++#include <dlfcn.h>
++
++/*
++ * Generate a GIO module directory based on where glib is installed
++ */
++static const char *
++_get_gio_module_dir (void)
++{
++  Dl_info info;
++
++  if (dladdr (g_io_module_new, &info)) {
++    char *libdir = g_path_get_dirname (info.dli_fname);
++    char *dir = g_build_filename (libdir, "gio", "modules", NULL);
++    g_free (libdir);
++    return dir;
++  } else {
++    return GIO_MODULE_DIR;
++  }
++}
++
++
+ /**
+  * SECTION:giomodule
+  * @short_description: Loadable GIO Modules
+@@ -1057,7 +1078,7 @@ _g_io_modules_ensure_loaded (void)
+       /* Then load the compiled in path */
+       module_dir = g_getenv ("GIO_MODULE_DIR");
+       if (module_dir == NULL)
+-        module_dir = GIO_MODULE_DIR;
++        module_dir = _get_gio_module_dir ();
+ 
+       g_io_modules_scan_all_in_directory_with_scope (module_dir, scope);
+ 
diff --git a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.46.2.bb b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.46.2.bb
index bf3cadeb76..2a2efae977 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.46.2.bb
+++ b/meta/recipes-core/glib-2.0/glib-2.0_2.46.2.bb
@@ -18,7 +18,8 @@ SRC_URI = "${GNOME_MIRROR}/glib/${SHRT_VER}/glib-${PV}.tar.xz \
            file://gi-exclude.patch \
           "
 
-SRC_URI_append_class-native = " file://glib-gettextize-dir.patch"
+SRC_URI_append_class-native = " file://glib-gettextize-dir.patch \
+                                file://relocate-modules.patch"
 
 SRC_URI[md5sum] = "7f815d6e46df68e070cb421ed7f1139e"
 SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "5031722e37036719c1a09163cc6cf7c326e4c4f1f1e074b433c156862bd733db"