diff --git a/srcpkgs/btrfs-progs/template b/srcpkgs/btrfs-progs/template
index d41b5acec15..a75f9263631 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/btrfs-progs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/btrfs-progs/template
@@ -18,6 +18,12 @@ pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh
 }
 
+pre_build() {
+	if [ $CROSS_BUILD ]; then
+		${BUILD_CC} ${BUILD_CFLAGS} kernel-lib/mktables.c -o mktables
+	fi
+}
+
 libbtrfs_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {