diff --git a/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5/template b/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5/template
index a23bf52a162..63c1d643452 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ wrksrc=${pkgname%-*}-${version}
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DPHONON_BUILD_PHONON4QT5=ON -DPHONON_INSTALL_QT_EXTENSIONS_INTO_SYSTEM_QT=ON"
 hostmakedepends="automoc4 extra-cmake-modules"
-makedepends="glib-devel qt5-devel pulseaudio-devel libqzeitgeist-devel"
+makedepends="glib-devel qt5-devel pulseaudio-devel"
 short_desc="The multimedia framework for KDE"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2.1"
@@ -14,6 +14,15 @@ homepage="http://phonon.kde.org/"
 distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/${pkgname%-*}/${version}/${pkgname%-*}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=bb74b40f18ade1d9ab89ffcd7aeb7555be797ca395f1224c488b394da6deb0e0
 
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	makedepends+=" libqzeitgeist-devel"
+else
+	# Don't depend on libqzeitgeist-devel because
+	# zeitgeist depends on python-gobject which can
+	# not be cross compiled.
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
+fi
+
 phonon-qt5-devel_package() {
 	depends="qt5-devel ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"
 	pkg_install() {