diff --git a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
index b0765f4dd7..bface305fc 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/litecoin/template
@@ -13,8 +13,12 @@ maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="MIT"
 homepage="http://www.litecoin.org/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/litecoin-project/litecoin/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
-checksum=953fd6cee2da3ed63779b2dbce8a775e76d7a926be3de5b906d40f6641a2b4d5
-nocross=yes
+checksum=4db5473be17fc707acfa4bc5d13b5c07915fa8c28b404ca0e6969fecc41744b2
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools protobuf"
+	configure_args+=" --with-boost=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}"
+fi
 
 pre_configure() {
 	NOCONFIGURE=1 ./autogen.sh