diff --git a/srcpkgs/lilo/template b/srcpkgs/lilo/template
index 67a1487906d..6f0fc1f8d7a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/lilo/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/lilo/template
@@ -2,8 +2,9 @@
 pkgname=lilo
 version=24.1
 revision=1
-makedepends="bin86"
-depends="device-mapper"
+only_for_archs="i686 x86_64"
+hostmakedepends="bin86"
+makedepends="device-mapper-devel"
 conf_files="/etc/lilo.conf"
 short_desc="Standard Linux boot loader"
 maintainer="Sören Tempel <soeren+void@soeren-tempel.net>"
@@ -20,7 +21,7 @@ pre_build() {
 
 do_build() {
 	# LILO needs LC_ALL=C
-	LC_ALL=C make all
+	LC_ALL=C make CC=$CC all
 }
 
 do_install() {