diff --git a/srcpkgs/spice/template b/srcpkgs/spice/template
index 78a7cbd519a..bd457817681 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/spice/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/spice/template
@@ -16,6 +16,10 @@ homepage="http://www.spice-space.org"
 distfiles="http://www.spice-space.org/download/releases/spice-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=4209a20d8f67cb99a8a6ac499cfe79a18d4ca226360457954a223d6795c2f581
 
+post_extract() {
+	sed -i 's/armv6hl/arm/g' configure	# "detects" cpu from triplet.
+}
+
 spice-devel_package() {
 	depends="${makedepends} spice>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"