diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template b/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template
index b5fcbb30850..4c61f53bab1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtranscript/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=libtranscript
 version=0.3.4
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--prefix=/usr"
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr LIBTOOL=./libtool"
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config gettext"
 makedepends="libtool gettext-devel"
 short_desc="Character-set conversion library"
@@ -12,9 +12,23 @@ license="GPL-3.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://os.ghalkes.nl/libtranscript.html"
 distfiles="https://os.ghalkes.nl/dist/libtranscript-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=daaa09038f6f3b785b86d152014b3893910f9b9e4e430c015e41b05b34c37ea7
-nocross="non-standard configure script"
 
-export LIBTOOL=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/libtool
+pre_configure() {
+	cp ${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/bin/libtool .
+	sed -i "
+		/^OBJDUMP=/s|=.*|=$OBJDUMP|
+		/^NM=/s|=.*|=$NM|
+		/^AR=/s|=.*|=$AR|
+		/^LTCC=/s|=.*|=$CC|
+		/^CC=/s|=.*|=$CC|
+		/^RANLIB=/s|=.*|=$RANLIB|
+		/^LD=/s|=.*|=$LD|
+		/^STRIP=/s|=.*|=true|
+		/^host_alias=/s|=.*|=$XBPS_TRIPLET|
+		/^host=/s|=.*|=$XBPS_TRIPLET|
+	" libtool
+}
+
 
 libtranscript-devel_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - development files"