diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-LibXML/template b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-LibXML/template
index 26d3934f94f..a7d97a6ad18 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-XML-LibXML/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-XML-LibXML/template
@@ -13,4 +13,10 @@ license="Artistic, GPL-1"
 homepage="http://search.cpan.org/dist/${pkgname/perl-/}/"
 distfiles="${CPAN_SITE}/XML/${pkgname/perl-/}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=721452e3103ca188f5968ab06d5ba29fe8e00e49f4767790882095050312d476
-nocross="yes" # tries to execute target-compiled binary during configure
+
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# Disable link and execute check for libxml2
+		sed -i Makefile.PL -e"s;_libxml_check_lib('xml2');1;"
+	fi
+}