diff --git a/srcpkgs/qt/template b/srcpkgs/qt/template
index 2b7269dd60..d1c0d2bdc2 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qt/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qt/template
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ license="GPL-3, LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://download.qt-project.org/official_releases/qt/4.8/${version}/${_distname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=eb728f8268831dc4373be6403b7dd5d5dde03c169ad6882f9a8cb560df6aa138
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	msg_error "${pkgname}-${version}: this package cannot be cross compiled right now.\n"
+fi
+
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
 makedepends="libpng-devel>=1.6 MesaLib-devel libXrender-devel unixodbc-devel
  fontconfig-devel libXi-devel libXv-devel libXinerama-devel libXrandr-devel