diff --git a/srcpkgs/pingus/template b/srcpkgs/pingus/template
index 0538a1ca8f4..5d86b95fae4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pingus/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pingus/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'pingus'
 pkgname=pingus
 version=0.7.6
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=scons
 hostmakedepends="scons pkg-config"
 makedepends="SDL_image-devel SDL_mixer-devel boost-devel libpng-devel libXi-devel zlib-devel"
@@ -11,6 +11,14 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://pingus.seul.org/welcome.html"
 distfiles="http://pingus.googlecode.com/files/pingus-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=759c1253075d1e72691bc1e770b24cdd51917041fd1857c1daf85b65a6686460
+nocross=yes
+
+do_build() {
+	# XXX: defining CXXFLAGS breaks dependency detection.
+	scons ${makejobs} CC=$CC CXX=$CXX CCFLAGS="$CFLAGS" \
+		LINKFLAGS="$LDFLAGS" \
+		prefix=/usr destdir=${DESTDIR} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR}
+}
 
 do_install() {
 	make PREFIX=/usr DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} install