diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template b/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template
index 9df0c90021b..35b0ba3244d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdoctools/template
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ version=5.84.0
 revision=1
 build_style=cmake
 build_helper=qemu
+configure_args="-DINSTALL_INTERNAL_TOOLS=ON"
 hostmakedepends="gettext kcoreaddons extra-cmake-modules perl perl-URI
  qt5-host-tools qt5-qmake"
 makedepends="ki18n-devel karchive-devel libxml2-devel libxslt-devel
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ homepage="https://invent.kde.org/frameworks/kdoctools"
 distfiles="${KDE_SITE}/frameworks/${version%.*}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=97e653793227600aec3a2236b61018e9c8c2fcfe5b73c94836f206ea558d0df4
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" -DDOCBOOKL10NHELPER_EXECUTABLE=/usr/bin/docbookl10nhelper"
+	hostmakedepends+=" kdoctools-devel"
+fi
+
 pre_check() {
 	export PATH="$PATH:${wrksrc}/build/bin"
 }
@@ -24,9 +30,9 @@ kdoctools-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development"
 	depends="${makedepends} ${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/bin/docbookl10nhelper
 		vmove usr/lib/cmake
 		vmove usr/include
 		vmove "usr/lib/*.so"
-		vbin build/bin/docbookl10nhelper
 	}
 }