diff --git a/srcpkgs/greetd/template b/srcpkgs/greetd/template
index 4a264ff7fd8..ebfda8ac500 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/greetd/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/greetd/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'greetd'
 pkgname=greetd
 version=0.10.3
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=cargo
 conf_files="/etc/greetd/config.toml"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config scdoc"
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@ _greeter_groups="video"
 _greeter_homedir="/var/lib/_greeter"
 make_dirs="/var/lib/_greeter 0755 _greeter _greeter"
 
+post_patch() {
+	# on cross, tries to find scdoc for the target and fails
+	vsed -i -e 's,pkg-config,/usr/bin/&,' man/Makefile
+}
+
 pre_build() {
 	make -C man
 }