diff --git a/srcpkgs/kdelibs/template b/srcpkgs/kdelibs/template
index 9968244d49e..7c36effb18e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/kdelibs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/kdelibs/template
@@ -25,9 +25,16 @@ makedepends="libressl-devel libSM-devel libXext-devel libXScrnSaver-devel
  libopenexr-devel media-player-info shared-mime-info shared-desktop-ontologies"
 depends="docbook-xsl media-player-info shared-mime-info
  shared-desktop-ontologies hicolor-icon-theme ca-certificates"
+nocross="Fails to build after plasma_automoc with cross dependencies installed"
 
 CXXFLAGS="-std=gnu++98 -Wno-deprecated-declarations"
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	# FIXME: still does not work
+	hostmakedepends+=" shared-mime-info qt-qmake qt-host-tools"
+	makedepends+=" docbook-xsl"
+fi
+
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i cmake/modules/FindKDE4Internal.cmake -e"s;_BSD_SOURCE;_DEFAULT_SOURCE;g"
 }