diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt6-base/template b/srcpkgs/qt6-base/template
index d877eeb9b3a..0b3dd492fb1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt6-base/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt6-base/template
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ configure_args="-DINSTALL_DATADIR=share/qt6
  -DQT_FEATURE_openssl_linked=ON
  -DQT_FEATURE_system_sqlite=ON
  -DBUILD_WITH_PCH=OFF"
-hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config xmlstarlet qt6-base-devel"
+hostmakedepends="perl pkg-config xmlstarlet"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libzstd-devel dbus-devel
  double-conversion-devel glib-devel libxcb-devel
  xcb-util-image-devel xcb-util-keysyms-devel
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ checksum=21a8aa9f07170e047270c668c8b037536f40226db7adbc529a0b41c3a3cb3ff2
 python_version=3
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt6-base-devel"
 	# QtSetup fails native builds if this is set
 	configure_args+=" -DQT_HOST_PATH=/usr
 	 -DQT_BUILD_TOOLS_WHEN_CROSSCOMPILING=true"