diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index e4517062db9..39b8e291f4c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ homepage="http://awesomewm.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/releases/download/v${version}/awesome-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=78264d6f012350b371e339127aca485260bc0aa935eff578ba75ce1a00e11753
 
+nocross="lgi-check: command not found"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	# Russian manpages fail to build.
 	vsed -i -e "s|es fr de ru|es fr de|g" CMakeLists.txt