diff --git a/srcpkgs/qmltermwidget/template b/srcpkgs/qmltermwidget/template
index 60de10dfef8..734f812435f 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qmltermwidget/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qmltermwidget/template
@@ -11,3 +11,5 @@ license="GPL-2.0-or-later"
 homepage="https://github.com/Swordfish90/qmltermwidget"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=23e19eedb59d6fe3e37ecc06872f54befd94384946926e009c42c4b39914cfe2
+nocross=yes
+# some things do get wrongly installed into $DESTDOR/$XBPS_CROSS_BASE