diff --git a/srcpkgs/kscreen/template b/srcpkgs/kscreen/template
index cfca6cfcee3..2cac9fc87fa 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kscreen/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kscreen/template
@@ -15,5 +15,5 @@ distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/plasma/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=43f78c55cca7c14aa1ae697fbda2f2179e73e65c8850d5e38ad164d538854b51
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	configure_args="-DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson"
+	configure_args+=" -DDESKTOPTOJSON_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/desktoptojson"
 fi