diff --git a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
index b01edafccca..875484e05f4 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/libtorrent/template
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ checksum=86b4b1753385aaddf9e59ad94f1292eee5102139eb57520e84d1af2f04693708
 
 pre_configure() {
 	autoreconf -fi
+	sed -e 's,test "$cross_compiling" = yes, false,' -i configure
 }
 
 post_configure() {