gimp tries to use target binaries without any exec wrapper that would let
them be run on cross-builds

--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -2028,7 +2028,7 @@
 endif
 gimp_run_env.set('GIMP_PYTHON_WITH_GI', python.full_path())
 
-if meson.can_run_host_binaries() and have_gobject_introspection
+if not meson.is_cross_build() and have_gobject_introspection
   if enable_console_bin
     gimp_real_exe = gimpconsole_exe
   else
