diff --git a/srcpkgs/widelands/template b/srcpkgs/widelands/template
index aee6649cf8c..9afd77c6f26 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/widelands/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/widelands/template
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ checksum="e511f9d26828a2b71b64cdfc6674e6e847543b2da73961ab882acca36c7c01a6"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-Wno-maybe-uninitialized"
 
+nocross="Currently can't be cross compiled due to target format binaries being executed on the host"
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.desktop 644 usr/share/applications
 	vbin ${FILESDIR}/${pkgname}.sh ${pkgname}