diff --git a/srcpkgs/kwin/template b/srcpkgs/kwin/template
index 40e85e3dee1..70269c7ac7a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kwin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kwin/template
@@ -17,6 +17,11 @@ homepage="https://projects.kde.org/projects/plasma/kwin"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/plasma/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=86b5129a06636c31cdb3bbed2d9fc33d5866acc6929400ec0edb02043b10d0c6
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-qmake qt5-host-tools kcoreaddons kconfig"
+	configure_args+=" -DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson"
+fi
+
 kwin-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}-${version}_${revision}"