diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..638c0a7ac18
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+--- a/Makefile
++++ b/Makefile
+@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
+ CFLAGS += -DLUA_C89_NUMBERS
+ endif
+ 
+-LUA_IMPL ?= lua-$(MPACK_LUA_VERSION_NOPATCH)
++LUA_IMPL ?= lua$(MPACK_LUA_VERSION_NOPATCH)
+ LUA_INCLUDE ?= $(shell $(PKG_CONFIG) --cflags $(LUA_IMPL) 2>/dev/null || echo "-I/usr/include/lua$(MPACK_LUA_VERSION_NOPATCH)")
+ INCLUDES = $(LUA_INCLUDE)
+ LIBS =
diff --git a/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/template b/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/template
index f87c6b51a25..d5192f89830 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lua51-mpack/template
@@ -3,7 +3,10 @@ pkgname=lua51-mpack
 version=1.0.7
 revision=1
 wrksrc="libmpack-lua-${version}"
-hostmakedepends="libtool"
+build_style=gnu-makefile
+make_use_env=yes
+make_build_args="USE_SYSTEM_MPACK=1 USE_SYSTEM_LUA=1"
+hostmakedepends="libtool pkg-config"
 makedepends="lua51-devel libmpack-devel"
 short_desc="Simple implementation of MessagePack for Lua 5.1"
 maintainer="Steve Prybylski <sa.prybylx@gmail.com>"
@@ -12,10 +15,6 @@ homepage="https://github.com/libmpack/libmpack-lua"
 distfiles="https://github.com/libmpack/libmpack-lua/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=2ebe9c8972c378040c9b8505f5fb40a0c64d990cd68be6a62989362b18294d0a
 
-do_build() {
-	make ${makejobs} USE_SYSTEM_MPACK=1 USE_SYSTEM_LUA=1
-}
-
 do_install() {
 	vinstall mpack.so 755 usr/lib/lua/5.1
 	vlicense LICENSE-MIT