diff --git a/srcpkgs/filezilla/template b/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
index fc706e28ed5..da689b2abd2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/filezilla/template
@@ -2,10 +2,8 @@
 pkgname=filezilla
 version=3.29.0
 revision=1
-nocross=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="WXRC=/usr/bin/wxrc-3.0 --with-wx-config=wx-config-3.0
- --disable-static --disable-manualupdatecheck --disable-autoupdatecheck"
+configure_args="--disable-static --disable-manualupdatecheck --disable-autoupdatecheck"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="gnutls-devel pugixml-devel dbus-devel libidn-devel sqlite-devel
  gtk+-devel wxWidgets-devel xdg-utils libfilezilla-devel"
@@ -16,3 +14,12 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://filezilla-project.org/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/${pkgname}/FileZilla_${version}_src.tar.bz2"
 checksum=ead1ed74f19cf33aadf814a45b742207de3a8c349dbe2a11c344966bb8705259
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" wxWidgets-devel xdg-utils"
+
+	pre_configure() {
+		# set --host for sub-configure script else configure breaks
+		sed -i -e "s|\"\$ac_abs_confdir/src/fzshellext/configure\" --disable-shellext|& --host=${XBPS_TRIPLET}|" configure
+	}
+fi