diff --git a/srcpkgs/passwordsafe/template b/srcpkgs/passwordsafe/template
index 8350dedb72a..1cbc4ed7ecd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/passwordsafe/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/passwordsafe/template
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 # Template file for 'passwordsafe'
 pkgname=passwordsafe
 version=1.06BETA
-revision=2
+revision=3
 wrksrc="pwsafe-${version}"
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DNO_GTEST=ON"
 # build process uses perl to generate core_st.cpp and zip to generate help files
 hostmakedepends="perl zip pkg-config gettext"
-makedepends="wxWidgets-devel libXt-devel libXtst-devel libxerces-c-devel libuuid-devel
+makedepends="wxWidgets-gtk3-devel libXt-devel libXtst-devel libxerces-c-devel libuuid-devel
 	libykpers-devel gtest-devel qrencode-devel"
 short_desc="Simple & Secure Password Management"
 maintainer="Rui Abreu Ferreira <raf-ep@gmx.com>"
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ checksum=901ca5178c3254c750bdcbf13c0d2382269490b5de7be790b79f41cdd6297b2b
 pre_configure() {
 	# ykpers-1 includes are hardcoded, add cross base
 	sed -i -e "s|-I\(/usr/include/ykpers-1\)|-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}\1|" CMakeLists.txt
+
+	# workaround for cmake to find wx-config-gtk3
+	# can be removed once there is only one 'wx-config'
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# cannot override wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE set in
+		# the cross toolchain file otherwise
+		ln -s ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/wx-config{-gtk3,}
+	else
+		sed -i "1i\set(wxWidgets_CONFIG_EXECUTABLE wx-config-gtk3)" CMakeLists.txt
+	fi
 }
 
 do_install() {