diff --git a/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template b/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
index da4558ec38e..d78dc49b3ba 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/harfbuzz/template
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ revision=1
 build_style=gnu-configure
 # XXX graphite2 support
 hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
-makedepends="libglib-devel icu-devel freetype-devel cairo-devel"
+makedepends="glib-devel icu-devel freetype-devel cairo-devel"
 short_desc="OpenType text shaping engine"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@gmail.com>"
 homepage="http://www.pango.org/"
@@ -13,6 +13,10 @@ license="LGPL-2.1"
 distfiles="http://www.freedesktop.org/software/harfbuzz/release/${pkgname}-${version}.tar.bz2"
 checksum=6da7e032f705d8a5c91487cd296628d64975672a5b0c1704829cf2285072c92b
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" glib-devel"
+fi
+
 libharfbuzz_package() {
 	short_desc="OpenType text shaping engine -- runtime library"
 	pkg_install() {