diff --git a/srcpkgs/gpodder/template b/srcpkgs/gpodder/template
index 6189e1d0ffd..ebb0720e30b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gpodder/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gpodder/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=3.10.6
 revision=1
 noarch=yes
 wrksrc="gpodder-${version}"
-make_check_target="unittest"
+make_check_target=unittest
 pycompile_module="gpodder"
 hostmakedepends="python3-devel intltool"
 makedepends="python3-devel"
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/gpodder/gpodder"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=18b3aa3aa53c7d6608054434a07b1be9f99bfb7ef8c2ab109d9c7702d5cb042c
+nocross="gobject-introspection"
 
 do_install() {
 	make install DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}