diff --git a/srcpkgs/giggle/template b/srcpkgs/giggle/template
index d89fb41125b..1606e539b41 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/giggle/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/giggle/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=0.6.2
 revision=1
 lib32disabled=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config itstool intltool glib-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config itstool intltool glib-devel git"
 makedepends="gtksourceview-devel>=3.8 vte3-devel"
 depends="desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 homepage="http://live.gnome.org/giggle"
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"
 distfiles="${GNOME_SITE}/$pkgname/0.6/$pkgname-$version.tar.xz"
 checksum=6d56c8a3b9ce12a87cd1aeb03f8cdabfc52a614d23a8db85878743b02426fee0
+nocross=yes
 
 # Required by glib-2.32.
 CFLAGS="-lgmodule-2.0"