diff --git a/srcpkgs/racket/template b/srcpkgs/racket/template
index 6415cf6d1ef..1fee0a65e39 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/racket/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/racket/template
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ homepage="http://racket-lang.org/"
 distfiles="http://mirror.racket-lang.org/installers/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}-src.tgz"
 checksum=5578942066a9405fdbcad9522d08685356693f4ddd5dbe92b5273557a112b73e
 nostrip=yes
+nocross=yes
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	configure_args+=" --enable-racket=/usr/bin/racket"