diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/recipe.toml b/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/recipe.toml
index 9c7b321b..eace30f7 100644
--- a/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/recipe.toml
@@ -1,18 +1,49 @@
-#TODO probably missing dependencies, see https://docs.gtk.org/gtk3/building.html#dependencies
 #TODO port to orbital
 [source]
-tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/3.24/gtk%2B-3.24.37.tar.xz"
+tar = "https://download.gnome.org/sources/gtk+/3.24/gtk%2B-3.24.43.tar.xz"
+blake3 = "5feab2bad81e6b5906895f70ddce6227cf96a6a14b16af0ef72c79991a48ddf4"
+patches = ["redox.patch"]
+
 [build]
-template = "configure"
 dependencies = [
-    "glib",
-    "gdk-pixbuf",
-    "pango",
-    "cairo",
-    "libepoxy",
     "atk",
-    "gobject-introspection",
+    "cairo",
+    "expat",
+    "fontconfig",
+    "freetype2",
+    "fribidi",
+    "gdk-pixbuf",
+    "gettext",
+    "glib",
+    #TODO "gobject-introspection",
+    "harfbuzz",
+    "libepoxy",
+    "libffi",
+    "libiconv",
+    "libjpeg",
+    "libpng",
+    "libpthread-stubs",
+    "libx11",
+    "libxau",
+    "libxcb",
+    "libxext",
+    "libxfixes",
+    "libxi",
+    "libxrandr",
+    "libxrender",
+    "pango",
+    "pcre2",
+    "pixman",
     "shared-mime-info",
-    "graphene",
-    "gstreamer",
+    "x11proto",
+    "zlib",
 ]
+template = "custom"
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+#TODO: why are libs not automatically detected?
+cookbook_meson \
+    -Dc_args="-DM_SQRT2=1.41421356237309504880 -lXext -lX11 -lxcb -lXau" \
+    -Dintrospection=false \
+    -Dwayland_backend=false
+"""
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/redox.patch b/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/redox.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cca54ded
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/wip/libs/gtk/gtk3/redox.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+diff -ruwN gtk+-3.24.43/gtk/a11y/gtkaccessibility.c source/gtk/a11y/gtkaccessibility.c
+--- gtk+-3.24.43/gtk/a11y/gtkaccessibility.c	2024-07-10 11:03:14.000000000 -0600
++++ source/gtk/a11y/gtkaccessibility.c	2025-05-04 19:46:06.985224833 -0600
+@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
+ #include <gtk/gtktogglebutton.h>
+ #include <gtk/gtkaccessible.h>
+ 
+-#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
++#if defined(GDK_WINDOWING_X11) && !defined(__redox__)
+ #include <atk-bridge.h>
+ #endif
+ 
+@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
+         }
+     }
+ 
+-#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
++#if defined(GDK_WINDOWING_X11) && !defined(__redox__)
+   /*
+    * If the focus widget is a GtkSocket without a plug
+    * then ignore the focus notification as the embedded
+@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@
+   _gtk_accessibility_override_atk_util ();
+   do_window_event_initialization ();
+ 
+-#ifdef GDK_WINDOWING_X11
++#if defined(GDK_WINDOWING_X11) && !defined(__redox__)
+   atk_bridge_adaptor_init (NULL, NULL);
+ #endif
+ 
+diff -ruwN gtk+-3.24.43/meson.build source/meson.build
+--- gtk+-3.24.43/meson.build	2024-07-10 11:03:14.000000000 -0600
++++ source/meson.build	2025-05-04 18:36:13.187091118 -0600
+@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@
+   xfixes_dep     = dependency('xfixes', required: false)
+   xcomposite_dep = dependency('xcomposite', required: false)
+   fontconfig_dep = dependency('fontconfig', fallback: ['fontconfig', 'fontconfig_dep'])
+-  atkbridge_dep  = dependency('atk-bridge-2.0', version: at_spi2_atk_req)
++  #TODO atkbridge_dep  = dependency('atk-bridge-2.0', version: at_spi2_atk_req)
+ 
+   backend_immodules += ['xim']
+ 
diff --git a/src/bin/cook.rs b/src/bin/cook.rs
index b7e1bf1f..bb26769a 100644
--- a/src/bin/cook.rs
+++ b/src/bin/cook.rs
@@ -843,6 +843,8 @@ function cookbook_meson {
     echo "strip = '${STRIP}'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "pkg-config = '${PKG_CONFIG}'" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "llvm-config = '${TARGET}-llvm-config'" >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "glib-compile-resources = 'glib-compile-resources'" >> cross_file.txt
+    echo "glib-compile-schemas = 'glib-compile-schemas'" >> cross_file.txt
 
     echo "[host_machine]" >> cross_file.txt
     echo "system = 'redox'" >> cross_file.txt