diff --git a/srcpkgs/aspell/template b/srcpkgs/aspell/template
index 414e0adedfd..f58c1832b9b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/aspell/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/aspell/template
@@ -1,9 +1,16 @@
 # Template file for 'aspell'
 pkgname=aspell
 version=0.60.8
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-compile-in-filters"
+# we need to force aspell to use /usr/lib for data for two reasons:
+# - in multilib systems, it should use the native dicts instead of requiring
+#   that a dict be installed twice
+# - when cross compiling packages, it's aspell that determines where the dicts
+#   are to be installed; the build will error out if it tries to install the
+#   dictionaries into /usr/lib64 for 32-bit targets
+configure_args="--enable-compile-in-filters --enable-32-bit-hash-fun
+ --libdir=/usr/lib"
 hostmakedepends="automake libtool gettext-devel perl"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel"
 depends="perl"