diff --git a/srcpkgs/nzbget/template b/srcpkgs/nzbget/template
index 1b00690f9d..68d47f0a59 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/nzbget/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/nzbget/template
@@ -1,11 +1,15 @@
 # Template file for 'nzbget'
 pkgname=nzbget
 version=12.0
-revision=1
+revision=2
 build_style=gnu-configure
-configure_args="--disable-parcheck --with-tlslib=OpenSSL"
-makedepends="pkg-config libxml2-devel ncurses-devel openssl-devel"
-depends=""
+configure_args="--disable-parcheck --with-tlslib=OpenSSL
+ --with-libcurses-includes=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include
+ --with-libcurses-libraries=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib
+ --with-zlib-includes=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include
+ --with-zlib-libraries=${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/lib"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="libxml2-devel ncurses-devel openssl-devel"
 short_desc="Download from Usenet using .nzb files"
 maintainer="Christian Neukirchen <chneukirchen@gmail.com>"
 license="GPL-2"