diff --git a/srcpkgs/bcnc/template b/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
index e36fca328db..df8a16d12cf 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bcnc/template
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ license="GPL-2.0-only"
 homepage="https://github.com/vlachoudis/bCNC"
 distfiles="${PYPI_SITE}/b/bCNC/bCNC-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2df238989184179726870559f0531aea1e85ae9369d194bf8dba3638107671d7
+nocross="libopencv-python3 is not cross-compilable"
 
 # opencv is not available on 32-bit ppc
 case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in