diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsoap/template b/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
index 14638f29b18..f4bdf5815be 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsoap/template
@@ -7,9 +7,6 @@ wrksrc="${pkgname}-${version%.*}"
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 configure_args="--enable-ipv6"
 hostmakedepends="unzip flex autoconf"
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" gsoap"
-fi
 makedepends="libressl-devel zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Toolkit for SOAP and REST Web Services and XML-Based Applications"
 maintainer="Enno Boland <gottox@voidlinux.eu>"
@@ -18,6 +15,14 @@ homepage="http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~engelen/soap.html"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gsoap2/gsoap_${version}.zip"
 checksum=158ed9c674941c382850e8e96ac9b0174f4e7aacb25794349bd07f52261921c8
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" gsoap"
+	pre_build() {
+		# run host 'soapcpp2'
+		sed -i 's|^\(SOAP = \).*|\1soapcpp2|' gsoap/wsdl/Makefile
+	}
+fi
+
 gsoap-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision} ${makedepends}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"