diff --git a/srcpkgs/Twisted/template b/srcpkgs/Twisted/template
index 9f659435dea..c3f8b493cdd 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/Twisted/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/Twisted/template
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://twistedmatrix.com/Releases/Twisted/${version%.*}/Twisted-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=110e957dd8fc4c6eaba8abe4f0477e60b2873e3cf1c260325863fd2ef69341c6
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="${makedepends}"
+fi
+
 Twisted_package() {
 	depends="zope.interface>=4.0.1 pycrypto pyopenssl"
 	pycompile_module="twisted"