diff --git a/srcpkgs/qml-box2d/template b/srcpkgs/qml-box2d/template
index 307decd3c27..99d599a1b35 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qml-box2d/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qml-box2d/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ license="Zlib"
 homepage="https://github.com/qml-box2d/qml-box2d"
 distfiles="https://github.com/qml-box2d/qml-box2d/archive/${_commit}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a9071d2a85aafe74cb431e12888cfb92bd19cb91f4f577edd73cd9692d5e152f
+nocross='some things do get wrongly installed into $DESTDIR/$XBPS_CROSS_BASE'
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-declarative-devel"