diff --git a/recipes-gimp/gimp/gimp/0001-meson-make-gir-buildable.patch b/recipes-gimp/gimp/gimp/0001-meson-make-gir-buildable.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5725e0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-gimp/gimp/gimp/0001-meson-make-gir-buildable.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+From c8f73f57d63779cfaad140e0521be40972fbec8f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
+Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2021 16:44:13 +0200
+Subject: [PATCH] meson: make gir buildable
+
+yocto/oe is capable of building gobject introspection despite cross-compiling.
+add an option to enable gir build even if cross-compiling
+
+Signed-off-by: Markus Volk <f_l_k@t-online.de>
+---
+ libgimp/meson.build | 2 +-
+ meson_options.txt   | 2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/libgimp/meson.build b/libgimp/meson.build
+index 9e7b4fbbe3..99614733d7 100644
+--- a/libgimp/meson.build
++++ b/libgimp/meson.build
+@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ libgimpui_introspectable_files = [
+   libgimpwidgets_introspectable,
+ ]
+ 
+-if meson.is_cross_build()
++if meson.is_cross_build() and not get_option('can-crosscompile-gir')
+   have_gobject_introspection = false
+   gobject_introspection_warning = '\n      '.join(['',
+     'GObject Introspection is disabled while cross-compiling because',
+diff --git a/meson_options.txt b/meson_options.txt
+index 7b6ad78045..c29fdb5b40 100644
+--- a/meson_options.txt
++++ b/meson_options.txt
+@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ option('headless-tests',    type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Use xv
+ option('gtk-doc',           type: 'boolean', value: true,   description: 'Build developer documentation')
+ option('gtk-doc-app',       type: 'boolean', value: false,  description: 'Build developer documentation for app')
+ option('g-ir-doc',          type: 'boolean', value: false,  description: 'Build developer documentation for introspected API')
+-
++option('can-crosscompile-gir',   type: 'boolean', value: false,  description: 'GIR is buildable even if crosscompiling')
+ option('linux-input',       type: 'feature', value: 'auto', description: 'Linux input event controller module')
+ option('vec-icons',         type: 'boolean', value: true,   description: 'Use vector icons rather than raster ones')
+ 
+-- 
+2.25.1
+
diff --git a/recipes-gimp/gimp/gimp_git.bb b/recipes-gimp/gimp/gimp_git.bb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..693365e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes-gimp/gimp/gimp_git.bb
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+SUMMARY = "The GIMP is the GNU Image Manipulation Program"
+HOMEPAGE = "http://www.gimp.org"
+SECTION = "graphics"
+LICENSE = "GPLv3"
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=c678957b0c8e964aa6c70fd77641a71e"
+
+DEPENDS = " \
+    ${@bb.utils.contains('DISTRO_FEATURES', 'x11', 'libxmu libxpm', '', d)} \
+    appstream-glib \
+    atk \
+    babl \
+    bison-native \
+    cairo \
+    dbus-glib \
+    fontconfig \
+    freetype \
+    gdk-pixbuf-native \
+    gegl \
+    gegl-native \
+    gexiv2 \
+    gobject-introspection-native \
+    gtk+3 \
+    harfbuzz \
+    intltool-native \
+    json-glib \
+    lcms \
+    libarchive \
+    libgudev \
+    libmypaint \
+    libxslt-native \
+    mypaint-brushes-1.0 \
+    pango \
+    poppler \
+    poppler-data \
+    prelink-native \
+    python3-native \
+    python3-pygobject-native \
+    qemuwrapper-cross \
+"
+
+DEPENDS:append:libc-musl = " libexecinfo"
+RDEPENDS:${PN} += "mypaint-brushes-1.0 glib-networking"
+
+inherit meson gtk-icon-cache mime-xdg pkgconfig
+
+SRC_URI = " \
+    git://github.com/GNOME/gimp.git;protocol=https \
+    file://0001-meson-make-gir-buildable.patch \
+"
+S = "${WORKDIR}/git"
+PV = "2.99.6"
+SRCREV = "GIMP_2_99_6"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG[alsa] = ",,alsa-lib"
+PACKAGECONFIG[bzip2] = ",,bzip2"
+PACKAGECONFIG[cairo-pdf] = "-Dcairo-pdf=enabled,-Dcairo-pdf=disabled"
+PACKAGECONFIG[check-update] = "-Dcheck-update=true,-Dcheck-update=false"
+PACKAGECONFIG[enable-console-bin] = "-Denable-console-bin=true,-Denable-console-bin=false"
+PACKAGECONFIG[ghostscript] = ",,ghostscript"
+PACKAGECONFIG[javascript] = "-Djavascript=true,-Djavascript=false,,openjre-8"
+PACKAGECONFIG[jpeg2000] = ",,jasper"
+PACKAGECONFIG[jpeg] = ",,jpeg"
+PACKAGECONFIG[lua] = "-Dlua=true,-Dlua=false,,luajit lgi"
+PACKAGECONFIG[lzma] = ",,xz"
+PACKAGECONFIG[mng] = ",,libmng"
+PACKAGECONFIG[png] = ",,libpng"
+PACKAGECONFIG[python] = "-Dpython=true,-Dpython=false,,python3 python3-pygobject"
+PACKAGECONFIG[rsvg] = ",,librsvg"
+PACKAGECONFIG[tiff] = ",,tiff"
+PACKAGECONFIG[vala-plugins] = "-Dvala-plugins=enabled,-Dvala-plugins=disabled"
+PACKAGECONFIG[webkit] = ",,webkitgtk"
+PACKAGECONFIG[webp] = ",,libwebp"
+PACKAGECONFIG[wmf] = ",,libwmf"
+PACKAGECONFIG[xcursor] = ",,libxcursor"
+PACKAGECONFIG[xpm] = "-Dxpm=enabled,-Dxpm=disabled,libexif"
+PACKAGECONFIG[zlib] = ",,zlib"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG ?= " \
+    alsa \
+    bzip2 \
+    cairo-pdf \
+    jpeg \
+    jpeg2000 \
+    lua \
+    lzma \
+    mng \
+    png \
+    python \
+    rsvg \
+    tiff \
+    webp \
+    wmf \
+    xcursor \
+    xpm \
+    zlib \
+"
+
+FILES:${PN} += " \
+    ${datadir} \
+    ${libdir}/girepository-1.0 \
+"
+
+EXTRA_OEMESON = " \
+    -Dshmem-type=posix \
+    -Dgtk-doc=false \
+    -Dcan-crosscompile-gir=true \
+    --buildtype release \
+"
+