diff --git a/srcpkgs/liblastfm-qt5/template b/srcpkgs/liblastfm-qt5/template
index 0a079b03845..ffd00329bab 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/liblastfm-qt5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/liblastfm-qt5/template
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/lastfm/liblastfm"
 distfiles="https://github.com/lastfm/${pkgname%-*}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=5276b5fe00932479ce6fe370ba3213f3ab842d70a7d55e4bead6e26738425f7b
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel"
+fi
+
 liblastfm-qt5-devel_package() {
 	depends="liblastfm-qt5>=${version}_${revision} $makedepends"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"