diff --git a/srcpkgs/ffcall/template b/srcpkgs/ffcall/template
index cac6fdd67ec..62b9560e70d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/ffcall/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/ffcall/template
@@ -10,11 +10,14 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://www.gnu.org/software/libffcall"
 distfiles="${GNU_SITE}/libffcall/libffcall-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a091fb8bbabf17c94a2dae2d41161b96a08ab92b5f75d3364157a2c34d538c47
-nocross="configure requires running code to check for features"
 
 # won't work with parallel_build so just turn it off (thanks to JuanRP for the Hint)
 disable_parallel_build=yes
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" ffcall_cv_malloc_mprotect_can_exec=yes"
+fi
+
 do_install() {
 	make DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} htmldir=/usr/share/doc/ffcall install
 }