diff --git a/srcpkgs/xchat/template b/srcpkgs/xchat/template
index 53940fa6afc..8724fd99c63 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xchat/template
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ pre_configure() {
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ];then
 		perlflags=$(perl -MExtUtils::Embed -e ldopts | sed \
 			-e 's/-lgdbm //' \
+			-e 's/-mtune=generic//' \
 			-e "s#/usr/lib#${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}\0#")
 		sed -i "s#PERL_LDFLAGS=#\0$perlflags#" configure
+		sed -i "s#PERL_CFLAGS=#\0$CFLAGS#" configure
 	fi
 }