diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/patches/cross-python.patch b/srcpkgs/vte/patches/cross-python.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b3f2574bfc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/patches/cross-python.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+--- configure.in.orig	2018-09-02 12:20:57.364425905 +0200
++++ configure.in	2018-09-02 12:21:18.834425049 +0200
+@@ -483,10 +483,6 @@
+ fi
+ 
+ if $BUILD_PYTHON ; then
+-	AM_CHECK_PYTHON_HEADERS(,BUILD_PYTHON=false)
+-fi
+-
+-if $BUILD_PYTHON ; then
+ 	AC_MSG_CHECKING([for pygtk-2.0])
+ 	if pkg-config --exists pygtk-2.0 ; then
+ 		AC_MSG_RESULT([found])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/vte/template b/srcpkgs/vte/template
index 5c20cdc79f0..c8fa6b47244 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vte/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vte/template
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--disable-static --with-gtk=2.0"
 hostmakedepends="automake gettext-devel gtk-doc gobject-introspection libtool
  pkg-config intltool python-devel glib-devel pygtk-devel"
-makedepends="gtk+-devel ncurses-devel pygtk-devel"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel ncurses-devel python-devel pygtk-devel"
 short_desc="Terminal widget with improved accessibility and I18N support"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 homepage="http://www.gnome.org"
@@ -14,13 +14,12 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/vte/0.28/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=8d04e202b617373dfb47689e5e628febe2c58840b34cccc4af4feb88c48df903
 
+CFLAGS="-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"
+
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fi
 }
 do_configure() {
-	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-		ln -s ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/python-config ${wrksrc}
-	fi
 	env PYTHON=python2 ./configure ${configure_args}
 }