diff --git a/srcpkgs/pavucontrol-qt/template b/srcpkgs/pavucontrol-qt/template
index 8a798ac7a0d..5cbcd63187d 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/pavucontrol-qt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/pavucontrol-qt/template
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://lxqt.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lxde/pavucontrol-qt/releases/download/${version}/pavucontrol-qt-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=d60d2dfb0740f4f70030a8f57fc06ef0380989f8a57da223d0a9e28557da02cd
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-tools-devel"
+fi