diff --git a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
index 00da2514de8..0b1f4afe022 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/hexchat/template
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ esac
 lib32disabled=yes
 
 if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
-	broken="cross currently broken"
-	hostmakedepends+=" dbus-glib-devel libxml2-devel gdk-pixbuf perl"
+	hostmakedepends+=" dbus-glib-devel libxml2-devel gdk-pixbuf perl
+	 shared-mime-info"
 fi
 
 post_install() {