diff --git a/srcpkgs/python-webkit/template b/srcpkgs/python-webkit/template
index 5e2bf8b720d..681b4976c31 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/python-webkit/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/python-webkit/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=1.1.8
 revision=1
 wrksrc=pywebkitgtk-${version}
 build_style=gnu-configure
-hostmakedepends="pkg-config python-devel"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config pygtk-devel"
 makedepends="python-devel pygtk-devel GConf-devel libxslt-devel webkitgtk2-devel"
 depends="pygtk"
 pycompile_module="webkit"
@@ -14,3 +14,10 @@ license="GPL-2"
 homepage="http://www.gnu.org/software/pythonwebkit/"
 distfiles="${DEBIAN_SITE}/main/p/pywebkitgtk/pywebkitgtk_${version}.orig.tar.gz"
 checksum=7092212933000f23b3042135f01a371bd6a8f980c6b8d8b9dc7e20a1101d699c
+
+pre_configure() {
+	if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+		sed -i "s,PYTHON_INCLUDES=.*,PYTHON_INCLUDES=-I${XBPS_CROSS_BASE}/usr/include/python2.7,g" configure
+	fi
+}
+