diff --git a/srcpkgs/xf86-video-vesa/template b/srcpkgs/xf86-video-vesa/template
index cbcb14b8976..ceccc7f77f0 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/xf86-video-vesa/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/xf86-video-vesa/template
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ version="2:${_distver}"
 wrksrc="${pkgname}-${_distver}"
 revision=4
 build_style=gnu-configure
-makedepends="automake pkg-config xorg-util-macros xorg-server-devel>=1.13<1.14"
+hostmakedepends="pkg-config"
+makedepends="xorg-server-devel>=1.13<1.14"
 short_desc="Xorg VESA video driver"
 homepage="http://xorg.freedesktop.org"
 license="MIT"
@@ -15,6 +16,10 @@ checksum=144a17ffae3c86603ddc4ae33521a52813498ee1f8213faa662dc4a8d6490ee3
 long_desc="
  This is the X11 video driver for Generic VESA video cards."
 
+if [ "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	CFLAGS="-I$XBPS_CROSS_BASE/usr/include/xorg"
+fi
+
 xf86-video-vesa_package() {
 	depends="xserver-abi-video>=13<14"
 	pkg_install() {