diff --git a/srcpkgs/x265/template b/srcpkgs/x265/template
index 932ced458ec..b27f429613b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/x265/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/x265/template
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ homepage="http://x265.org/"
 distfiles="https://bitbucket.org/multicoreware/x265/downloads/x265_${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=6e59f9afc0c2b87a46f98e33b5159d56ffb3558a49d8e3d79cb7fdc6b7aaa863
 
-if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=${CROSS_BUILD%-musl}"
-fi
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	mips*) configure_args+=" -DCMAKE_SYSTEM_PROCESSOR=mips32r2" ;;
+esac
 
 pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then