diff --git a/srcpkgs/nix/template b/srcpkgs/nix/template
index da3fea0347a..b6352688454 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nix/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # Use /nix/var as suggested by the official Manual.
 configure_args="--localstatedir=/nix/var --with-sandbox-shell=/bin/sh"
-hostmakedepends="curl pkg-config flex tar xz automake autoconf-archive mdBook"
+hostmakedepends="curl pkg-config flex tar xz automake autoconf-archive mdBook jq"
 makedepends="boost-devel brotli-devel bzip2-devel gc-devel libcurl-devel
  liblzma-devel openssl-devel libsodium-devel sqlite-devel
  libseccomp-devel editline-devel jq-devel libarchive-devel
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ changelog="https://nixos.org/releases/${pkgname}/${pkgname}-${version}/manual/#s
 distfiles="https://github.com/NixOS/nix/archive/refs/tags/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=91a7f2bcdde3263927d842f04a345ed77319148c700e2c8be01498724e6808c0
 disable_parallel_build=yes
+nocross="cross build populates /usr/lib32 with libraries and tries to link against them"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_LIBC" = "musl" ]; then
 	makedepends+=" musl-legacy-compat"