diff --git a/srcpkgs/rust/template b/srcpkgs/rust/template
index 553f742e1f..78b9d16c52 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rust/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rust/template
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ pkgname=rust
 version=0.7
 revision=1
 build_style=configure
-configure_args="--prefix=/usr --disable-docs --build-triple=$(gcc -dumpmachine)"
+configure_args="--prefix=/usr --disable-docs"
 hostmakedepends="which pkg-config perl curl python chrpath"
 short_desc="A safe, concurrent, practical language"
 maintainer="pancake <pancake@nopcode.org>"
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ license="MIT, Apache-2.0"
 distfiles="http://static.rust-lang.org/dist/rust-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=0b88b8a4489382e0a69214eaab88e2e7c316ec33c164af0d3b53630b17590df0
 
+if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --build-triple=$(gcc -dumpmachine)"
+fi
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	msg_error "$pkgver cannot be cross compiled currently.\n"
+fi
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall COPYRIGHT 644 usr/share/licenses/rust LICENSE