diff --git a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
index 60e2781603..0f63f8a8a5 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nodejs/template
@@ -10,15 +10,28 @@ homepage="http://nodejs.org/"
 distfiles="${homepage}/dist/v${version}/node-v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=1c960d2822447a9e4f7c46b832ff05e86743033c6643d644975af1cbf6a44fb8
 
-makedepends="pkg-config openssl-devel v8-devel zlib-devel python"
+hostmakedepends="which pkg-config python"
+makedepends="openssl-devel zlib-devel"
 
 do_configure() {
+	local _args
+
 	export LD="$CXX"
-	./configure --prefix=/usr --openssl-use-sys --shared-v8 --shared-zlib
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		case "$XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE" in
+			arm*) _args="--dest-cpu=arm --without-snapshot" ;;
+			*) msg_error "$pkgver: cannot be cross compiled for ${XBPS_TARGET_MACHINE}\n" ;;
+		esac
+	fi
+	./configure --prefix=/usr --openssl-use-sys --shared-zlib ${_args}
 }
 
 do_build() {
-	make LD="$CXX" ${makejobs}
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		make LD="$CXX" ${makejobs} PORTABLE=1 V=1
+	else
+		make LD="$CXX" ${makejobs} V=1
+	fi
 }
 
 do_install() {