diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtmidi/patches/fix-cross.patch b/srcpkgs/rtmidi/patches/fix-cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0c7acdda8a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/rtmidi/patches/fix-cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2017-10-11 07:45:18.000000000 +0000
++++ configure.ac	2017-10-11 07:49:25.955714462 +0000
+@@ -30,12 +30,12 @@
+ 
+ # Check version number coherency between RtMidi.h and configure.ac
+ AC_MSG_CHECKING([that version numbers are coherent])
+-AC_RUN_IFELSE(
+-   [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <string.h>
+-                     `grep "define RTMIDI_VERSION" $srcdir/RtMidi.h`],
+-                    [return strcmp(RTMIDI_VERSION, PACKAGE_VERSION);])],
+-   [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
+-   [AC_MSG_FAILURE([testing RTMIDI_VERSION==PACKAGE_VERSION failed, check that RtMidi.h defines RTMIDI_VERSION as "$PACKAGE_VERSION" or that the first line of configure.ac has been updated.])])
++# AC_RUN_IFELSE(
++#    [AC_LANG_PROGRAM([#include <string.h>
++#                      `grep "define RTMIDI_VERSION" $srcdir/RtMidi.h`],
++#                     [return strcmp(RTMIDI_VERSION, PACKAGE_VERSION);])],
++#    [AC_MSG_RESULT([yes])],
++#    [AC_MSG_FAILURE([testing RTMIDI_VERSION==PACKAGE_VERSION failed, check that RtMidi.h defines RTMIDI_VERSION as "$PACKAGE_VERSION" or that the first line of configure.ac has been updated.])])
+ 
+ # Enable some nice automake features if they are available
+ m4_ifdef([AM_MAINTAINER_MODE], [AM_MAINTAINER_MODE])
diff --git a/srcpkgs/rtmidi/template b/srcpkgs/rtmidi/template
index 544d0c3795..c1b5781fe1 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/rtmidi/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/rtmidi/template
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ homepage="http://www.music.mcgill.ca/~gary/rtmidi/"
 distfiles="https://github.com/thestk/rtmidi/archive/v${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=55cd0fba60321aadcd847481d207bf2b70e783b5bfa1a01037bf916554a7d5c4
 
-nocross="https://build.voidlinux.eu/builders/armv7l-musl_builder/builds/4371/steps/shell_3/logs/stdio"
-
 pre_configure() {
 	sed -i 's/\($cppflag\)/\1 $CFLAGS/' configure.ac
 	autoreconf -fi