diff --git a/srcpkgs/imlib2/template b/srcpkgs/imlib2/template
index 2fcdefb4fdd..eea7614338e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/imlib2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/imlib2/template
@@ -1,11 +1,12 @@
 # Template build file for 'imlib2'.
 pkgname=imlib2
 version=1.4.5
-revision=5
+revision=6
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --sysconfdir=/etc/imlib2
  --enable-visibility-hiding"
-makedepends="pkg-config freetype-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.6
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="freetype-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel libpng-devel>=1.6
  tiff-devel libid3tag-devel giflib-devel>=5.0.1 libXext-devel"
 short_desc="Image manipulation library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -14,9 +15,19 @@ homepage="http://sourceforge.net/projects/enlightenment/"
 license="BSD"
 checksum=6e809413a571f82b9e67aeaf5577a1245a034c866ae5fa83c191a227f60cc7a0
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# XXX needs freetype-config
+	hostmakedepends+=" automake libtool freetype-devel"
+	pre_configure() {
+		sed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.ac
+		sed -e 's,AM_PROG_CC_STDC,AC_PROG_CC,g' -i configure.ac
+		autoreconf -fi
+	}
+fi
+
 imlib2-devel_package() {
 	depends="imlib2-${version}_${revision}"
-	short_desc+=" -- development files"
+	short_desc+=" - development files"
 	pkg_install() {
 		vmove usr/bin
 		vmove usr/include