diff --git a/srcpkgs/awesome/template b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
index 698ded0652c..9aa254040b5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/awesome/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/awesome/template
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ homepage="http://awesomewm.org"
 distfiles="https://github.com/awesomeWM/awesome/releases/download/v${version}/awesome-${version}.tar.xz"
 checksum=78264d6f012350b371e339127aca485260bc0aa935eff578ba75ce1a00e11753
 
-nocross="lgi-check: command not found"
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qemu-user-static"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	# Russian manpages fail to build.