diff --git a/srcpkgs/neomutt/template b/srcpkgs/neomutt/template
index fdf44264ef2..e75e255c2ef 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/neomutt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/neomutt/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname}-${pkgname}-${version}"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_script=./configure.autosetup
 configure_args="--ssl --gpgme --notmuch --gdbm --lua --sasl"
-hostmakedepends="libxslt docbook-xsl w3m"
+hostmakedepends="libxslt docbook-xsl w3m tcl"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel gpgme-devel libidn-devel libressl-devel libsasl-devel
  gdbm-devel aspell-devel libnotmuch-devel gettext-devel lua-devel"
 depends="mime-types"
@@ -17,6 +17,19 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.neomutt.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/archive/neomutt-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5a7c6302d623b620db03d923a7cd7cf967123a67fc42c117a0dd4b45612e9a55
+nocross="https://build.voidlinux.eu/builders/armv7l_builder/builds/5375 no longer gnu-configure, but needs /etc set correctly and also to know how to cross build documentation"
+
+# fix:
+if [ -n "${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}" ]; then
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --host=$XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --build=$XBPS_TRIPLET"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --with-lua=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --with-ncurses=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --with-notmuch=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --with-ssl=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --with-gdbm=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/"
+	configure_args="${configure_args} --with-gpgme=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/"
+fi
 
 case "${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}" in
 	x86_64-musl) CFLAGS="-D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -DLARGEFILE_SOURCE=1";;