diff --git a/srcpkgs/libgcrypt/template b/srcpkgs/libgcrypt/template
index 872e86176d..15573a7693 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libgcrypt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libgcrypt/template
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.gnupg.org/gcrypt/$pkgname/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=4b62fc516004940a0571025401a0581d49199f1a76dfb5ce6fd63f50db8173fa
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="libgpg-error-devel"
+fi
+
 libgcrypt-devel_package() {
 	depends="libgpg-error-devel libgcrypt>=${version}"
 	short_desc="${short_desc} -- development files"