diff --git a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
index 1d65853fc18..b9e726b372b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gsettings-qt/template
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ license="LGPL-3.0-only"
 homepage="https://launchpad.net/gsettings-qt"
 distfiles="$DEBIAN_SITE/main/g/gsettings-qt/gsettings-qt_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=a3d1020d526ece2319f1e8f05876e456e85279741653008e05c5d7e8b019c9b9
+nocross=yes
+# some things do get wrongly installed into $DESTDOR/$XBPS_CROSS_BASE
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-devel qt5-declarative-devel"