diff --git a/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template b/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
index 7d474c810e8..208c93db21b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/syntax-highlighting/template
@@ -1,17 +1,32 @@
 # Template file for 'syntax-highlighting'
 pkgname=syntax-highlighting
-version=5.29.0
+version=5.36.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 configure_args="-DBUILD_TESTING=OFF"
 hostmakedepends="extra-cmake-modules perl"
-makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel"
+makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-tools-devel qt5-xmlpatterns-devel"
 short_desc="Syntax highlighting engine for structured text and code"
 maintainer="Denis Revin <denis.revin@gmail.com>"
 license="LGPL-2"
 homepage="https://projects.kde.org/projects/frameworks/syntax-highlighting"
 distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
-checksum=cbcca052a1ad79b4d1ed1209d6f8e9ba0c3812dc158b26c4a8232a8d879c7839
+checksum=925a8845cd3a1d1720753aaba80f364d59612d45a71de089531d5e8dfa94fdc5
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake qt5-tools syntax-highlighting"
+fi
+
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		sed -i -e "s,COMMAND katehighlightingindexer,COMMAND /usr/lib/libexec/${pkgname}/katehighlightingindexer,g" data/CMakeLists.txt
+	fi
+}
+
+post_install() {
+	# internal tool needed for cross-building
+	vinstall build/src/indexer/katehighlightingindexer 0755 usr/lib/libexec/${pkgname}
+}
 
 syntax-highlighting-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development"