diff --git a/srcpkgs/fcitx-rime/template b/srcpkgs/fcitx-rime/template
index 93f2f633b2..62af60de5a 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/fcitx-rime/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/fcitx-rime/template
@@ -12,3 +12,7 @@ license="GPL-3"
 homepage="https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx-rime"
 distfiles="https://github.com/fcitx/fcitx-rime/archive/${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=dcf9dc689b3675c3321cd43407efe7363b8b6c088f2283ea9a510110b5f24b14
+
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" libfcitx"
+fi