diff --git a/srcpkgs/goaccess/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/goaccess/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..35c512c56c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/goaccess/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+--- Makefile.am.orig
++++ Makefile.am
+@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@
+ appjs.h: bin2c$(EXEEXT) resources/js/app.js
+ 	./bin2c resources/js/app.js src/appjs.h app_js
+ 
++bin2c$(EXEEXT): src/bin2c.c
++	gcc $< -o $@
++
+ confdir = $(sysconfdir)
+ dist_conf_DATA = config/goaccess.conf
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/goaccess/template b/srcpkgs/goaccess/template
index 989c06bd892..92d28d6c16e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/goaccess/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/goaccess/template
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@ pkgname=goaccess
 version=1.2
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-nocross="Uses built artifacts to continue build https://travis-ci.org/voidlinux/void-packages/jobs/245691122"
 configure_args="--enable-utf8 --enable-geoip=legacy"
+hostmakedepends="automake"
 makedepends="ncurses-devel geoip-devel"
 short_desc="An open source real-time web log analyzer and interactive viewer"
 maintainer="Bart Kerkvliet <bart@bannarte.nl>"
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ homepage="https://goaccess.io"
 distfiles="http://tar.goaccess.io/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6ba9f66540ea58fc2c17f175265f9ed76d74a8432eeac1182b74ebf4f2cd3414
 
+pre_configure() {
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }