diff --git a/srcpkgs/LuaJIT/template b/srcpkgs/LuaJIT/template
index c598d84ba4..011a162077 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/LuaJIT/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/LuaJIT/template
@@ -9,16 +9,21 @@ license="MIT"
 distfiles="http://luajit.org/download/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=620fa4eb12375021bef6e4f237cbd2dd5d49e56beb414bee052c746beef1807d
 
-if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" -a "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	hostmakedepends="cross-i686-pc-linux-gnu glibc-32bit"
-	_cross_cc="HOST_CC=i686-pc-linux-gnu-gcc"
-else
-	_cross_cc="HOST_CC=cc"
+if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends="gcc-multilib"
 fi
 
 do_build() {
 	local _cflags=$CFLAGS
 	local _ldflags=$LDFLAGS
+	local _cross_cc
+
+	if [ "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+		_cross_cc="cc -m32"
+	else
+		_cross_cc=cc
+	fi
+
 	unset CFLAGS LDFLAGS
 	make ${makejobs} \
 		PREFIX=/usr \
@@ -26,7 +31,7 @@ do_build() {
 		TARGET_CFLAGS="$_cflags" \
 		TARGET_LDFLAGS="$_ldflags" \
 		TARGET_STRIP=: \
-		$_cross_cc
+		HOST_CC="$_cross_cc"
 }
 
 do_install() {