diff --git a/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5-backend-vlc/template b/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5-backend-vlc/template
index 801f11077fc..5ad86941438 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5-backend-vlc/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/phonon-qt5-backend-vlc/template
@@ -16,3 +16,7 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://phonon.kde.org/"
 distfiles="http://download.kde.org/stable/phonon/${pkgname/-qt5/}/${version}/${pkgname/-qt5/}-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=c0ced7ca571acc22211eecf5158241714fa9ccdb82d4fe0a970ad702860ccdbe
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-devel phonon-qt5-devel"
+fi