diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template
index a950e073038..3bbf2de1d2b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu/template
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Template file for 'cross-powerpc64le-linux-gnu'
 _binutils_version=2.32
 _gcc_version=8.2.0
-_glibc_version=2.28
+_glibc_version=2.29
 _linux_version=4.19
 
 _triplet="powerpc64le-linux-gnu"
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ distfiles="
  ${KERNEL_SITE}/kernel/v4.x/linux-${_linux_version}.tar.xz"
 checksum="0ab6c55dd86a92ed561972ba15b9b70a8b9f75557f896446c82e8b36e473ee04
  196c3c04ba2613f893283977e6011b2345d1cd1af9abeac58e916b1aab3e0080
- b1900051afad76f7a4f73e71413df4826dce085ef8ddb785a945b66d7d513082
+ f3eeb8d57e25ca9fc13c2af3dae97754f9f643bc69229546828e3a240e2af04b
  0c68f5655528aed4f99dae71a5b259edc93239fa899e2df79c055275c21749a1"
 
 lib32disabled=yes
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@ nocross=yes
 nopie=yes
 nodebug=yes
 create_wrksrc=yes
-hostmakedepends="perl flex gcc-ada libada-devel"
-makedepends="zlib-devel gmp-devel mpfr-devel libmpc-devel isl15-devel"
+hostmakedepends="flex gcc-ada libada-devel perl python3"
+makedepends="isl15-devel libmpc-devel zlib-devel"
 nostrip_files="libcaf_single.a libgcc.a libgcov.a libgcc_eh.a
  libgnarl_pic.a libgnarl.a libgnat_pic.a libgnat.a"
 depends="${pkgname}-libc-${version}_${revision}"
@@ -141,9 +141,11 @@ _glibc_headers() {
 	[ -f ${wrksrc}/.glibc_headers_done ] && return 0
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}/glibc-${_glibc_version}
-	for f in ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/glibc/patches/*.patch; do
-		_apply_patch -p1 "$f"
-	done
+	if [ -d "${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/glibc/patches" ]; then
+		for f in ${XBPS_SRCPKGDIR}/glibc/patches/*.patch; do
+			_apply_patch -p1 "$f"
+		done
+	fi
 
 	cd ${wrksrc}
 	msg_normal "Building cross glibc headers\n"
@@ -189,7 +191,7 @@ _glibc_build() {
 	echo "libc_cv_forced_unwind=yes" > config.cache
 	echo "libc_cv_c_cleanup=yes" >> config.cache
 
-	export CC="${_triplet}-gcc" LD="${_triplet}-ld" \
+	export CC="${_triplet}-gcc" CXX="${_triplet}-g++" LD="${_triplet}-ld" \
 		AS="${_triplet}-as" CPP="${_triplet}-cpp" \
 		NM="${_triplet}-nm"
 	export CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe -Wno-error"
@@ -262,7 +264,7 @@ _gcc_build() {
 	_args+=" --disable-vtable-verify"
 	_args+=" --disable-sjlj-exceptions"
 
-	CC="gcc" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" \
+	CC="gcc" CXX="g++" CFLAGS="-O2 -pipe" \
 		../gcc-${_gcc_version}/configure ${_args}
 
 	make ${makejobs}