diff --git a/srcpkgs/automoc4/template b/srcpkgs/automoc4/template
index 0d1f0a44fd7..8a64cc5695c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/automoc4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/automoc4/template
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ license="BSD"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=234116f4c05ae21d828594d652b4c4a052ef75727e2d8a4f3a4fb605de9e4c49
+
+[ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ] && hostmakedepends=" qt-qmake qt-host-tools"