diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/build_pdfium.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/build_pdfium.py
index 2c4e7d2b7..672356f27 100755
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/build_pdfium.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/build_pdfium.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def pack(src_libpath, v_libpdfium, destname=None):
     update_version(v_libpdfium)
     
     include_dir = PDFiumDir / "public"
-    call_ctypesgen(OutputDir, include_dir)
+    call_ctypesgen(OutputDir, include_dir, pl_name=Host.platform)
 
 
 def get_tool(name):
diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
index 20bf8654c..afe2f6940 100644
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/packaging_base.py
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@ def purge_pdfium_versions():
     ))
 
 
-def call_ctypesgen(target_dir, include_dir, use_v8xfa=False, guard_symbols=False):
+def call_ctypesgen(target_dir, include_dir, pl_name, use_v8xfa=False, guard_symbols=False):
     
     # The commands below are tailored to our fork of ctypesgen, so make sure we have that
     # Import ctypesgen only in this function so it does not have to be available for other setup tasks
@@ -298,7 +298,13 @@ def call_ctypesgen(target_dir, include_dir, use_v8xfa=False, guard_symbols=False
     assert getattr(ctypesgen, "PYPDFIUM2_SPECIFIC", False)
     
     bindings = target_dir / BindingsFileName
-    args = ["ctypesgen", "--library", "pdfium", "--runtime-libdirs", ".", "--no-srcinfo", f"--strip-build-path={include_dir}"]
+    
+    args = ["ctypesgen", f"--strip-build-path={include_dir}", "--no-srcinfo", "--library", "pdfium", "--runtime-libdirs", "."]
+    if pl_name == Host.platform:
+        # assuming the binary already lies in target_dir
+        args += ["--compile-libdirs", target_dir]
+    else:
+        args += ["--no-load-library"]
     if not guard_symbols:
         args += ["--no-symbol-guards"]
     if use_v8xfa:
diff --git a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/update_pdfium.py b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/update_pdfium.py
index bf71a4418..e8215121e 100755
--- a/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/update_pdfium.py
+++ b/setupsrc/pypdfium2_setup/update_pdfium.py
@@ -112,11 +112,11 @@ def generate_bindings(archives, version, full_version, use_v8, ctypesgen_kws):
         else:
             assert not v8_file.exists()
         
-        call_ctypesgen(pl_dir, build_dir/"include", use_v8xfa=use_v8, **ctypesgen_kws)
+        call_ctypesgen(pl_dir, build_dir/"include", pl_name=pl_name, use_v8xfa=use_v8, **ctypesgen_kws)
         shutil.rmtree(build_dir)
 
 
-def main(platforms, version=None, robust=False, max_workers=None, use_v8=False, ctypesgen_kws=dict()):
+def main(platforms, version=None, robust=False, max_workers=None, use_v8=False, ctypesgen_kws={}):
     
     if not version:
         version = get_latest_version()