diff --git a/srcpkgs/vnstat/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/vnstat/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..145b7173344
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vnstat/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+--- Makefile.am.orig	2015-12-22 07:53:14.124104461 +0100
++++ Makefile.am	2015-12-22 07:53:24.434208468 +0100
+@@ -93,27 +93,5 @@ release: distcheck
+ 	rm -fr $(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION)
+ 	ls -l $(PACKAGE_NAME)-$(PACKAGE_VERSION).tar.gz
+ 
+-install-data-hook:
+-	$(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/vnstat$(EXEEXT) --showconfig >vnstat.conf && \
+-	  $(MKDIR_P) $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir) && \
+-	  mv -f vnstat.conf $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/vnstat.conf
+-	@echo
+-	@echo "============================================================================"
+-	@echo "  Note: No service file has been installed for starting the daemon"
+-	@echo "        automatically. Such setup will need to be created manually"
+-	@echo "        depending on the used environment. See the included documentation."
+-	@echo "============================================================================"
+-	@echo
+-
+-uninstall-hook:
+-	-rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)/vnstat.conf
+-	-rmdir $(DESTDIR)$(sysconfdir)
+-	@echo
+-	@echo "=================================================================="
+-	@echo "  Note: The database directory has been left untouched."
+-	@echo "        It will need to be removed manually if no longer needed."
+-	@echo "=================================================================="
+-	@echo
+-
+ clean-local:
+ 	-rm -fr coverage *.lcov *.gz test*.log test*.xml src/*.gc* tests/*.gc*
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vnstat/template b/srcpkgs/vnstat/template
index 9bfcffc3f2d..2a1b1127697 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vnstat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vnstat/template
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for "vnstat"
 pkgname=vnstat
 version=1.15
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config"
 short_desc="A terminal based network traffic monitor"
 maintainer="Eivind Uggedal <eivind@uggedal.com>"
 homepage="http://humdi.net/vnstat/"
@@ -13,6 +14,10 @@ checksum=c3814b5baa8b627198a8debfe1dce4b4346a342523818cc8668a5497971dbc39
 conf_files="/etc/vnstat.conf"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/vnstat 0755 root root"
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 post_install() {
+	vconf cfg/vnstat.conf
 	vsv vnstatd
 }