diff --git a/srcpkgs/sxiv/patches/sxiv-1.3-makefile.patch b/srcpkgs/sxiv/patches/sxiv-1.3-makefile.patch
index 824fdfa8a95..f4319912f66 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sxiv/patches/sxiv-1.3-makefile.patch
+++ b/srcpkgs/sxiv/patches/sxiv-1.3-makefile.patch
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 --- Makefile.orig	2014-10-24 12:25:18.000000000 +0200
 +++ Makefile	2014-10-26 01:19:33.040945097 +0200
 @@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
- 	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1
  	sed "s!PREFIX!$(PREFIX)!g; s!VERSION!$(VERSION)!g" sxiv.1 > $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/sxiv.1
  	chmod 644 $(DESTDIR)$(MANPREFIX)/man1/sxiv.1
+	@echo "INSTALL share/sxiv/"
 -	mkdir -p $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/sxiv/exec
 -	cp exec/* $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/sxiv/exec/
 -	chmod 755 $(DESTDIR)$(PREFIX)/share/sxiv/exec/*
diff --git a/srcpkgs/sxiv/template b/srcpkgs/sxiv/template
index f97126cf7b5..884a24a3869 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/sxiv/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/sxiv/template
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 # Template file for 'sxiv'
 pkgname=sxiv
-version=1.3.2
+version=24
 revision=1
 build_style=gnu-makefile
-makedepends="libX11-devel imlib2-devel giflib-devel libexif-devel"
+makedepends="libX11-devel imlib2-devel giflib-devel libexif-devel libXft-devel"
 short_desc="Simple X Image Viewer"
 maintainer="Alessio Sergi <al3hex@gmail.com>"
 homepage="https://github.com/muennich/sxiv"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="https://github.com/muennich/sxiv/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=9f5368de8f0f57e78ebe02cb531a31107a993f2769cec51bcc8d70f5c668b653
+checksum=511dc45d12962af9c31c3068ce6bca4b832a6263946b27befea49a48cf019110
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# otherwise ft2build.h is not found
+	hostmakedepends+=" freetype-devel"
+fi