diff --git a/srcpkgs/hstr/patches/cross.patch b/srcpkgs/hstr/patches/cross.patch
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..90a4e3d6588
--- /dev/null
+++ b/srcpkgs/hstr/patches/cross.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig	2017-09-30 10:01:44.000000000 +0000
++++ configure.ac	2017-10-05 07:45:00.636956940 +0000
+@@ -106,7 +106,4 @@
+ AC_FUNC_MALLOC
+ AC_CHECK_FUNCS([memset strdup strstr])
+ 
+-# Bash@Ubuntu@Windows
+-AC_CHECK_FILE(/tmp/hh-ms-wsl,AC_DEFINE(__MS_WSL__), [])
+-
+ AC_OUTPUT