diff --git a/srcpkgs/cross-i686-linux-musl/template b/srcpkgs/cross-i686-linux-musl/template
index bbefb4bbed..3ec3d9561b 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/cross-i686-linux-musl/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/cross-i686-linux-musl/template
@@ -35,7 +35,11 @@ checksum="
  71fc00733a3ee45fab342870ccd84d33d079e64f2d6fdcfb8b463a769c3ff391"
 
 create_wrksrc=yes
-makedepends="perl flex"
+hostmakedepends="perl flex"
+
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	makedepends="libfl-devel"
+fi
 
 _CROSS_TARGET=${_triplet}
 _CROSS_SYSROOT="/usr/${_CROSS_TARGET}"