diff --git a/srcpkgs/ORBit2/template b/srcpkgs/ORBit2/template
index 390cc8283d9..51de415e7a6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ORBit2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ORBit2/template
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ license="GPL-2, LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://projects.gnome.org/ORBit2/"
 distfiles="http://ftp.acc.umu.se/pub/gnome/sources/${pkgname}/2.14/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=55c900a905482992730f575f3eef34d50bda717c197c97c08fa5a6eafd857550
+# Needs idl-compiler/orbit-idl-2 for the host
+nocross=yes
 
 post_install() {
 	rm -f ${DESTDIR}/usr/lib/*.a