diff --git a/srcpkgs/tiptop/template b/srcpkgs/tiptop/template
index 1154c9436ae..73b525c7eac 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tiptop/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tiptop/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=2.3
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="flex"
+CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/libxml2"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel libxml2-devel"
 short_desc="Performance monitoring tool using hardware counters"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"