diff --git a/srcpkgs/ruby/template b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
index 7bf4743d7d2..40415a683c5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ruby/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ruby/template
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.ruby-lang.org/pub/ruby/2.2/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=1c031137999f832f86be366a71155113675b72420830ce432b777a0ff4942955
+nocross=yes
 
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config bison groff doxygen graphviz"
 makedepends="zlib-devel readline-devel>=6.3 libffi-devel libressl-devel>=2.1.2