diff --git a/srcpkgs/libechonest/template b/srcpkgs/libechonest/template
index 5ea9649574b..6a2da37312b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libechonest/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libechonest/template
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="https://projects.kde.org/projects/playground/libs/libechonest"
 distfiles="http://files.lfranchi.com/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=56756545fd1cb3d9067479f52215b6157c1ced2bc82b895e72fdcd9bebb47889
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt-host-tools"
+fi
+
 libechonest-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"