diff --git a/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template b/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template
index 3a96f8669c1..f8b18f32cdb 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cabal-install/template
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ homepage="https://hackage.haskell.org/package/cabal-install"
 distfiles="https://hackage.haskell.org/packages/archive/${pkgname}/${version}/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=a0555e895aaf17ca08453fde8b19af96725da8398e027aa43a49c1658a600cb0
 nopie_files="/usr/bin/cabal"
+nocross=yes
 
 do_build() {
 	PREFIX=$PWD/build sh bootstrap.sh --user