diff --git a/srcpkgs/vtk/template b/srcpkgs/vtk/template
index 056d5ed087c..6964c221b92 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/vtk/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/vtk/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'vtk'
 pkgname=vtk
 version=9.3.1
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=cmake
 # vtk can be huge, especially with -DVTK_BUILD_ALL_MODULES=ON"
 # Build only the core modules plus python bindings for now
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ configure_args="-DBUILD_SHARED_LIBS=ON -DVTK_FORBID_DOWNLOADS=ON
 # vtk forks libharu, bumps to v2.4.0, and requires libharu>=2.4.0
 makedepends="zlib-devel freetype-devel liblz4-devel expat-devel MesaLib-devel
  libXt-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff-devel hdf5-devel netcdf-devel
- libxml2-devel jsoncpp-devel openmpi-devel libogg-devel libtheora-devel
+ libxml2-devel jsoncpp-devel libogg-devel libtheora-devel
  eigen double-conversion-devel glew-devel pugixml-devel sqlite-devel
  gl2ps-devel proj-devel python3-devel json-c++ fmt-devel"
 short_desc="System for 3D computer graphics, image processing, and visualization"
@@ -28,6 +28,14 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://www.vtk.org"
 distfiles="https://www.vtk.org/files/release/${version:0:3}/VTK-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=8354ec084ea0d2dc3d23dbe4243823c4bfc270382d0ce8d658939fd50061cab8
+nocross="It seems to need vtk compile tools for the host"
+
+case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+	# List of supported architectures copied from openmpi.
+	x86_64*|aarch64*|ppc64*|riscv64*)
+		makedepends+=" openmpi-devel"
+		;;
+esac
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" libexecinfo-devel"