diff --git a/srcpkgs/ardour/template b/srcpkgs/ardour/template
index 974f791e5be..b5eaa92d1eb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ardour/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ardour/template
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://ardour.org"
 CXXFLAGS="-std=c++11"
 
+nocross="executes test binaries during configure"
+
 do_fetch() {
 	git clone --branch=$version https://github.com/Ardour/$pkgname $pkgname-$version
 }