diff --git a/srcpkgs/wxPython4/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/wxPython4/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4f343de201c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/wxPython4/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+Index: wxPython-4.0.7/build.py
+===================================================================
+--- wxPython-4.0.7.orig/build.py
++++ wxPython-4.0.7/build.py
+@@ -169,7 +169,6 @@ def main(args):
+     setPythonVersion(args)
+     setDevModeOptions(args)
+ 
+-    os.environ['PYTHONPATH'] = phoenixDir()
+     os.environ['PYTHONUNBUFFERED'] = 'yes'
+     os.environ['WXWIN'] = wxDir()
+ 
diff --git a/srcpkgs/wxPython4/template b/srcpkgs/wxPython4/template
index 318ab078b4d..6fe82717aca 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/wxPython4/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/wxPython4/template
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ post_extract() {
 
 pre_build() {
 	chmod -R go+rX $wrksrc
+	PYTHONPATH="${PYTHONPATH:+${PYTHONPATH}:}$wrksrc"
 	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
 		PYPREFIX="$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"
 		LDFLAGS+=" -L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/${py3_lib} -L${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"