diff --git a/srcpkgs/tiff/template b/srcpkgs/tiff/template
index 2221a3457b..14ee360048 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tiff/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tiff/template
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 # Template build file for 'tiff'.
 pkgname=tiff
 version=4.0.3
-revision=2
+revision=3
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--enable-cxx --without-x --disable-static"
+configure_args="--enable-cxx --without-x"
 makedepends="zlib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel liblzma-devel"
 subpackages="$pkgname-devel"
 short_desc="Library and tools for reading and writing TIFF data files"
@@ -12,3 +12,11 @@ license="BSD"
 homepage="http://www.remotesensing.org/libtiff/"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.remotesensing.org/pub/libtiff/$pkgname-$version.tar.gz"
 checksum=ea1aebe282319537fb2d4d7805f478dd4e0e05c33d0928baba76a7c963684872
+
+if [ -n "$XBPS_CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	makedepends="automake"
+	crossmakedepends="zlib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel liblzma-devel"
+	pre_configure() {
+		autoreconf -fi
+	}
+fi
diff --git a/srcpkgs/tiff/tiff-devel.template b/srcpkgs/tiff/tiff-devel.template
index 385856e63c..310f62263e 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/tiff/tiff-devel.template
+++ b/srcpkgs/tiff/tiff-devel.template
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 # Template file for 'tiff-devel'.
 #
-noarch=yes
 depends="zlib-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel tiff>=$version"
-short_desc="${sourcepkg} (development files)"
+short_desc="${short_desc} - development files"
 
 do_install() {
 	vmove usr/include usr
 	vmove usr/lib/pkgconfig usr/lib
+	vmove "usr/lib/*.a" usr/lib
 	vmove usr/share/man/man3 usr/share/man
 	vmove usr/share/doc usr/share
 }