diff --git a/srcpkgs/alsa-lib/template b/srcpkgs/alsa-lib/template
index dc2c1a3870..25b4996091 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/alsa-lib/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/alsa-lib/template
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 # Template build file for 'alsa-lib'.
 pkgname=alsa-lib
 version=1.0.27.2
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+configure_args="--with-pythonlibs=-lpython2.7 --with-pythonincludes=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7"
+hostmakedepends="automake libtool pkg-config python-devel"
 makedepends="python-devel"
 short_desc="The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) library"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
@@ -11,24 +12,11 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 homepage="http://www.alsa-project.org"
 distfiles="ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/lib/$pkgname-$version.tar.bz2"
 checksum=690ed393e7efd4fc7e3a2d2cda5449298ca0c895197e5914e350882012430d19
-long_desc="
- The Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (ALSA) provides audio and MIDI
- functionality to the Linux operating system.
 
- This package includes the ALSA runtime libraries to simplify application
- programming and provide higher level functionality as well as support for
- the older OSS API, providing binary compatibility for most OSS programs."
-
-if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	# XXX python plugin
-	unset makedepends
-	hostmakedepends+=" libtool automake"
-	configure_args+=" --disable-python"
-	pre_configure() {
-		sed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.in
-		autoreconf -fi
-	}
-fi
+pre_configure() {
+	sed -e 's,AM_CONFIG_HEADER,AC_CONFIG_HEADERS,g' -i configure.in
+	autoreconf -fi
+}
 
 alsa-lib-devel_package() {
 	depends="alsa-lib>=${version}"
@@ -40,12 +28,10 @@ alsa-lib-devel_package() {
 	}
 }
 
-if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	alsa-lib-python_package() {
-		short_desc+=" - python smixer plugin"
-		replaces="alsa-lib<=1.0.25"
-		pkg_install() {
-			vmove usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-python.so
-		}
+alsa-lib-python_package() {
+	short_desc+=" - python smixer plugin"
+	replaces="alsa-lib<=1.0.25"
+	pkg_install() {
+		vmove usr/lib/alsa-lib/smixer/smixer-python.so
 	}
-fi
+}