diff --git a/srcpkgs/gede/template b/srcpkgs/gede/template
index b94cb381158..8d1c92811f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gede/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gede/template
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ homepage="http://acidron.com/gede"
 distfiles="http://gede.acidron.com/uploads/source/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=730e69e513c9a15fa41cdb7a02c91cacf570974f4af571703a54d6fce4acd4fe
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt-host-tools qt-devel"
+fi
+
 do_install() {
 	cd $wrksrc
 	python2 build.py install --prefix="${PKGDESTDIR}/usr" install