diff --git a/srcpkgs/gimp/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/gimp/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f34a5484036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/gimp/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+--- plug-ins/script-fu/Makefile.am.orig	2018-05-18 00:03:53.095184079 +0200
++++ plug-ins/script-fu/Makefile.am	2018-05-18 00:04:50.184762769 +0200
+@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ else
+ libm = -lm
+ endif
+ 
++libgimpmodule = $(top_builddir)/libgimpmodule/libgimpmodule-$(GIMP_API_VERSION).la
+ libgimpui = $(top_builddir)/libgimp/libgimpui-$(GIMP_API_VERSION).la
+ libgimpwidgets = $(top_builddir)/libgimpwidgets/libgimpwidgets-$(GIMP_API_VERSION).la
+ libgimp = $(top_builddir)/libgimp/libgimp-$(GIMP_API_VERSION).la
+@@ -85,6 +86,7 @@ script_fu_SOURCES = \
+ 	scheme-wrapper.h
+ 
+ LDADD = \
++	$(libgimpmodule) \
+ 	$(libgimpui)		\
+ 	$(libgimpwidgets)	\
+ 	$(libgimpconfig)	\
diff --git a/srcpkgs/gimp/template b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
index f19b0d72bd8..baf7d4504a9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gimp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gimp/template
@@ -4,12 +4,13 @@ version=2.10.0
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config intltool gettext-devel"
+hostmakedepends="automake gegl gettext-devel glib-devel gtk+3-devel intltool libtool
+ pkg-config pygtk-devel"
 makedepends="aalib-devel alsa-lib-devel babl-devel dbus-glib-devel gegl-devel
- ghostscript-devel glib-devel jasper-devel json-glib-devel lcms-devel
- libXcursor-devel libXpm-devel libgexiv2-devel libgudev-devel
- libmng-devel libmypaint-devel libopenexr-devel librsvg-devel libwmf-devel
- mypaint-brushes poppler-glib-devel pygtk-devel webkitgtk2-devel"
+ ghostscript-devel jasper-devel lcms-devel libXcursor-devel libXpm-devel
+ libgexiv2-devel libgudev-devel libmng-devel libmypaint-devel
+ libopenexr-devel librsvg-devel libwmf-devel mypaint-brushes
+ poppler-glib-devel pygtk-devel webkitgtk2-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils gegl hicolor-icon-theme iso-codes
  mypaint-brushes"
 short_desc="The GNU image manipulation program"
@@ -20,6 +21,20 @@ homepage="https://www.gimp.org"
 distfiles="https://download.gimp.org/pub/gimp/v${version%.*}/gimp-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=7fcc96fb88cb0a0595d2610f63a15dec245bb37bf9db527d37a24fb75e547de2
 
+pre_configure() {
+	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		sed -i 's:^py_prefix=`:py_prefix='"$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"'`:' configure
+	fi
+}
+
+pre_build() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		make -C tools invert-svg \
+			CFLAGS_FOR_BUILD="$BUILD_CFLAGS -fPIE -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0"
+	fi
+}
+
 libgimp_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - runtime libraries"
 	pkg_install() {