diff --git a/srcpkgs/grantlee5/template b/srcpkgs/grantlee5/template
index dac30b07c89..1c2f6c3ade7 100644
--- a/srcpkgs/grantlee5/template
+++ b/srcpkgs/grantlee5/template
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ version=5.1.0
 revision=1
 wrksrc=${pkgname%5}-${version}
 build_style=cmake
-makedepends="qt5-devel qt5-script-devel qt5-tools-devel"
+makedepends="qt5-script-devel qt5-tools-devel"
 short_desc="Qt5 string template engine based on the Django template system"
 maintainer="Juan RP <xtraeme@voidlinux.eu>"
 license="LGPL-3"
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ homepage="https://github.com/steveire/grantlee"
 distfiles="${homepage}/archive/v${version}.tar.gz>${pkgname}-${version}.tar.gz"
 checksum=3836572fe5e49d28a1d99186c6d96f88ff839644b4bc77b73b6d8208f6ccc9d1
 
+if [ -n "$CROSS_BUILD" ]; then
+	hostmakedepends+=" qt5-host-tools qt5-tools-devel"
+fi
+
 grantlee5-devel_package() {
 	depends="${sourcepkg}>=${version}_${revision}"
 	short_desc+=" - development files"