diff --git a/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template b/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template
index d0ad1b197bc..789be343f07 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/modsecurity/template
@@ -6,22 +6,23 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-standalone-module --enable-htaccess-config"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="apache-devel gdbm-devel libcurl-devel libxml2-devel lua53-devel
- pcre-devel yajl-devel lmdb-devel"
+ pcre-devel yajl-devel lmdb-devel icu-devel"
 depends="perl-LWP"
-short_desc="Rule based web application firwall (WAF)"
+short_desc="Rule based web application firewall (WAF)"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
 license="Apache-2.0"
 homepage="https://www.modsecurity.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/SpiderLabs/ModSecurity/releases/download/v${version}/modsecurity-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=b4231177dd80b4e076b228e57d498670113b69d445bab86db25f65346c24db22
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends+=" $makedepends"
-fi
-
 pre_configure() {
 	# Use target paths or will link against host libs
 	vsed -e "s,\${path},${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr,g"	-i configure
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		configure_args+=" --with-curl=$XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/curl-config"
+		configure_args+=" --with-libxml=$XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/xml2-config"
+		configure_args+=" --with-pcre=$XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/pcre-config"
+	fi
 }
 
 pre_build() {