diff --git a/srcpkgs/qutebrowser/template b/srcpkgs/qutebrowser/template
index 6c0d25a4d7..bdcf47619a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/qutebrowser/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/qutebrowser/template
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 # not noarch as the package might be built with different backend for each arch
 pkgname=qutebrowser
 version=1.13.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=python3-module
 hostmakedepends="python3-setuptools asciidoc"
 depends="python3-PyQt5-quick python3-Jinja2 python3-Pygments python3-pyPEG2
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ build_options="webengine"
 desc_option_webengine="Build Qt5 WebEngine support"
 
 if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_ENDIAN" = "le" ]; then
-	if [ "$XBPS_TARGET_WORDSIZE" = "$XBPS_WORDSIZE" ]; then
+	# qt5-webengine is only available for little-endian systems
+	if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		# qt5-webengine can only be built when target and host bitness match
+		# python3-PyQt5-webengine is currently nocross
 		build_options_default="webengine"
 	fi
 fi