diff --git a/srcpkgs/bluefish/template b/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
index 4ad4c54e5b..92039a0595 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/bluefish/template
@@ -1,10 +1,8 @@
 # Template file for 'bluefish'
 pkgname=bluefish
 version=2.2.7
-revision=1
+revision=2
 lib32disabled=yes
-# Package build options
-build_options="python"
 build_style=gnu-configure
 configure_args="--enable-spell-check --disable-update-databases
  --disable-xml-catalog-update $(vopt_enable python)"
@@ -21,3 +19,9 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/"
 distfiles="http://www.bennewitz.com/bluefish/stable/source/bluefish-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=23534b73b929754e15b86d12904ca3ffc1b069da5dcd4f34a67e842fe9e858df
+
+# XXX python option broken with cross compilation
+build_options="python"
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	build_options_default="python"
+fi