diff --git a/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template b/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template
index 2cd8c1e9ca9..763483abef9 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python3-shapely/template
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ version=1.7.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Shapely-${version}"
 build_style=python3-module
-hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython"
+build_helper=numpy
+hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools python3-Cython geos"
 makedepends="python3-devel python3-numpy geos-devel"
 checkdepends="python3-pytest"
 short_desc="Library for manipulation and analysis of geometric objects for Python3"
@@ -14,7 +15,20 @@ license="BSD-3-Clause"
 homepage="https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely"
 distfiles="https://github.com/Toblerity/Shapely/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0f4283d5591578340e36f649736b496d25a793a45b9a2c93b128d2a856f2089b
-nocross="Build is crazy"
+
+if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" = "aarch64-musl" ]; then
+	broken="aarch64-musl's geos crashes"
+fi
+
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		sed "
+			/^prefix=/s,=.*,=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr,
+			s,echo [\$]{prefix}$,echo /usr,
+		" $XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/bin/geos-config >$XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/geos-config
+		chmod +x $XBPS_WRAPPERDIR/geos-config
+	fi
+}
 
 post_install() {
 	vlicense LICENSE.txt LICENSE