diff --git a/srcpkgs/poedit/template b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
index a3d235c2462..5fbacc8ba3c 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/poedit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/poedit/template
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ pkgname=poedit
 version=2.0.5
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--with-wx-config=wx-config-3.0"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="icu-devel db-devel gtkspell-devel wxWidgets-devel boost-devel Lucene++-devel"
 depends="hicolor-icon-theme desktop-file-utils"
@@ -16,6 +15,11 @@ checksum=c755959555b26e584d953a97ee39ed7d060323d003740ed9309eee7a2e205faa
 
 CPPFLAGS="-DUCHAR_TYPE=uint16_t"
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" wxWidgets-devel"
+	configure_args="WXRC=/usr/bin/wxrc --with-boost-libdir=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
+fi
+
 post_install() {
 	vlicense COPYING
 }