diff --git a/srcpkgs/postfix/template b/srcpkgs/postfix/template
index fdf90625fb0..b31f3c5b03b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/postfix/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/postfix/template
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ makedepends="libressl-devel db-devel>=5.3 pcre-devel>=8.30 libsasl-devel
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 	# XXX postfix-install needs native binaries.
-	hostmakedepends+=" ${pkgname}>=2.10.2"
+	hostmakedepends+=" ${pkgname}>=${version}_${revision}"
 fi
 
 conf_files="