diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template b/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template
index b5fcbb30850..729fc5b4822 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template
@@ -4,17 +4,22 @@ version=0.3.4
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
 configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext"
-makedepends="libtool gettext-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext libtool"
+makedepends="gettext-devel"
 short_desc="Character-set conversion library"
 maintainer="Andrew Benson <abenson+void@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://os.ghalkes.nl/libtranscript.html"
 distfiles="https://os.ghalkes.nl/dist/libtranscript-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=daaa09038f6f3b785b86d152014b3893910f9b9e4e430c015e41b05b34c37ea7
-nocross="non-standard configure script"
 
-export LIBTOOL=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/libtool
+
+pre_configure() {
+	# HACK: work around libtool not being configured by autotools stuff.
+	sed -e '/^CC=.*/d;/^LD=.*/d;s/^\(LTCC=\).*/\1$CC/;/^LTCFLAGS=.*/d' /usr/bin/libtool >libtool
+	chmod +x libtool
+	export LIBTOOL="${wrksrc}/libtool"
+}
 
 libtranscript-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"