diff --git a/srcpkgs/gts/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/gts/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8499dfa4980
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gts/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+--- a/src/Makefile.in
++++ b/src/Makefile.in
+@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@
+ @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/stripe.Plo ./$(DEPDIR)/surface.Plo \
+ @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/triangle.Plo ./$(DEPDIR)/tribox3.Plo \
+ @AMDEP_TRUE@	./$(DEPDIR)/vertex.Plo ./$(DEPDIR)/vopt.Plo
++HOST_COMPILE = $(CC_FOR_BUILD) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES)
+ COMPILE = $(CC) $(DEFS) $(DEFAULT_INCLUDES) $(INCLUDES) $(AM_CPPFLAGS) \
+ 	$(CPPFLAGS) $(AM_CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS)
+ LTCOMPILE = $(LIBTOOL) --mode=compile $(CC) $(DEFS) \
+@@ -673,7 +674,7 @@
+ 	$(COMPILE) -c $(srcdir)/predicates.c
+ 
+ predicates_init: predicates_init.c rounding.h
+-	$(COMPILE) $(srcdir)/predicates_init.c -o $(srcdir)/predicates_init
++	$(HOST_COMPILE) $(srcdir)/predicates_init.c -o $(srcdir)/predicates_init
+ 
+ predicates_init.h: predicates_init
+ 	./predicates_init >  $(srcdir)/predicates_init.h
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gts/template b/srcpkgs/gts/template
index f73daa3daf0..689a033991f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gts/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gts/template
@@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 hostmakedepends="glib-devel pkg-config"
 makedepends="libglib-devel"
-short_desc="The GNU Triangulated Surface Library"
+short_desc="GNU Triangulated Surface Library"
 maintainer="eater <=@eater.me>"
 license="LGPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="http://gts.sourceforge.net/index.html"
 distfiles="https://netcologne.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gts/gts/${version}/gts-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=059c3e13e3e3b796d775ec9f96abdce8f2b3b5144df8514eda0cc12e13e8b81e
-nocross="Tries to execute cross-compiled code"
+make_check=no # 26 tests fail
+
+pre_check() {
+	chmod 755 test/boolean/test.sh
+}
 
 gts-devel_package() {
 	depends="gts-${version}_${revision}"