diff --git a/srcpkgs/netpbm/template b/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
index 697ca8dae40..4414a6ebb80 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/netpbm/template
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ short_desc="Toolkit for manipulation of graphic images"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="BSD,GPL,LGPL,custom"
 homepage="http://netpbm.sourceforge.net/"
+nocross=yes
 
 do_fetch() {
 	svn co http://svn.code.sf.net/p/netpbm/code/advanced ${wrksrc}