diff --git a/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template b/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template
index 1e770c45e9..04b57c15f1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/perl-Gtk2/template
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ version=1.24993
 revision=1
 wrksrc="Gtk2-$version"
 build_style=perl-module
-hostmakedepends="perl"
-makedepends="perl-ExtUtils-Depends perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig gtk+-devel perl-Pango"
+hostmakedepends="perl-ExtUtils-Depends perl-ExtUtils-PkgConfig perl-Pango"
+makedepends="gtk+-devel perl-Pango"
 depends="perl perl-Pango"
 short_desc="Perl bindings for Gtk2"
 maintainer="Orphaned <orphan@voidlinux.org>"
@@ -13,3 +13,9 @@ license="LGPL-2.1-or-later"
 homepage="http://gtk2-perl.sourceforge.net/"
 distfiles="${SOURCEFORGE_SITE}/gtk2-perl/Gtk2-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=49c443743b2eefe11a768002724f7f6a4c48efc94ff3cd3a559fb7e7b693c967
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" perl-Gtk2"
+	export REALFULLPERLRUN="/usr/bin/perl -I/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl"
+	make_build_args='PERLRUN=$(REALFULLPERLRUN) FULLPERLRUN=$(REALFULLPERLRUN)'
+fi