diff --git a/srcpkgs/binutils/template b/srcpkgs/binutils/template
index 382684c1505..f8dc2a7a6e6 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/binutils/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/binutils/template
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ do_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		# we don't want --with-sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE} like gnu-configure
 		conf+=" --host=${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET} --with-build-sysroot=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}"
+
+		vsed -e '/PKG_CONFIG_SYSROOT_DIR/d' -i ${XBPS_WRAPPERDIR}/${XBPS_CROSS_TRIPLET}-pkg-config
 	fi
 
 	# gprofng currently only supports x86 and aarch64 glibc.
@@ -107,6 +109,7 @@ do_configure() {
 		--with-system-zlib \
 		--with-mmap \
 		--with-pic \
+		--with-zstd \
 		$conf
 }