diff --git a/srcpkgs/otter-browser/template b/srcpkgs/otter-browser/template
index b3dfc03b327..33caf65281f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/otter-browser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/otter-browser/template
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://otter-browser.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/OtterBrowser/${pkgname}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1497b7d51f7e9259df1a05b3e7101699534759c7c73718147ca760ddbc0f0788
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools"
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-declarative-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-multimedia-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-webkit-devel"
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-xmlpatterns-devel"
+fi