diff --git a/srcpkgs/openssh/template b/srcpkgs/openssh/template
index b8435084a0..d445c0fc71 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/openssh/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/openssh/template
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ configure_args="--without-tcp-wrappers --datadir=/usr/share/openssh
  --sysconfdir=/etc/ssh --without-selinux --with-privsep-user=nobody
  --with-mantype=man --without-rpath --with-xauth=/usr/bin/xauth
  --with-ssl-engine --disable-strip --with-privsep-path=/var/chroot/ssh
- --with-kerberos5=/usr --with-pid-dir=/run --with-pam LD=$CC"
+ --with-pid-dir=/run --with-pam LD=$CC"
 hostmakedepends="perl"
 makedepends="zlib-devel openssl-devel pam-devel mit-krb5-devel"
 short_desc="The OpenSSH implementation of SSH protocol versions 1 and 2 (client)"
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ license="BSD"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/portable/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=7f29b9d2ad672ae0f9e1dcbff871fc5c2e60a194e90c766432e32161b842313b
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	configure_args+=" --with-kerberos5=$XBPS_CROSS_BASE"
+else
+	configure_args+=" --with-kerberos5=/usr"
+fi
+
 post_install() {
 	vinstall contrib/sshd.pam.generic 644 etc/pam.d sshd
 	vinstall contrib/ssh-copy-id 755 usr/bin