diff --git a/srcpkgs/gmp/template b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
index d3ea492a610..fef4ab5eb70 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/gmp/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/gmp/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=2
 bootstrap=yes
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-cxx"
-hostmakedepends="m4 libtool"
+hostmakedepends="m4"
 makedepends="zlib-devel"
 short_desc="Library for arbitrary precision arithmetic"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -14,9 +14,12 @@ homepage="http://gmplib.org/"
 distfiles="http://mirror.anl.gov/pub/gnu/gmp/gmp-${version}a.tar.xz"
 checksum=9156d32edac6955bc53b0218f5f3763facb890b73a835d5e1b901dcf8eb8b764
 
-pre_configure() {
-	libtoolize -f
-}
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" libtool"
+	pre_configure() {
+		libtoolize -f
+	}
+fi
 
 gmpxx_package() {
 	short_desc+=" - C++ support"