diff --git a/srcpkgs/chromium/template b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
index 2276cc806c0..eb03a0890ea 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/chromium/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/chromium/template
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ makedepends="libpng-devel gtk+-devel nss-devel pciutils-devel
 depends="hwids desktop-file-utils hicolor-icon-theme"
 nostrip_files="nacl_irt_x86_64.nexe nacl_irt_x86_32.nexe"
 
-if [ -z "$CROSS" -a "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
+if [ -z "$CROSS_BUILD" -a "$XBPS_MACHINE" = "x86_64" ]; then
 	hostmakedepends+=" gcc-c++-multilib"
 fi