diff --git a/srcpkgs/fossil/template b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
index dd18ae462de..19c29ffe70a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fossil/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fossil/template
@@ -13,6 +13,9 @@ homepage="https://www.fossil-scm.org"
 distfiles="https://www.fossil-scm.org/index.html/uv/fossil-src-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=d8a3776d2ce77385ed5ff20a2776d13bb534fb2508e87351e14e94f91cd12b10
 
+post_extract() {
+	vsed -i 's/test_system_sqlite$/# &/' auto.def  # failing on cross
+}
 post_install() {
 	vman fossil.1
 	vlicense COPYRIGHT-BSD2.txt LICENSE